KoreanHockeyFan Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I think keeping the governor and lieutenant generals would be a good idea though. It's another way to keep the government in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Not sure about the others on my 'be rid of' list, but it's funny that nobody so far has stated any impotant function the royals serve to make it a bad idea to be rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 100% no thanks. I feel like our culture and traditions are just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 The Royals have no real influence in Canada. I imagine it would cost a lot to remove them from Canadian law and government for no real benefit, so I would suggest leaving them be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 How so? The British Empire has one of the dirtiest histories ever. The royal family is a drain on their own country. They have cost Canada millions of needless dollars to host them over the years. The sheer fact that you put these people above you, makes you simple minded and pathetic. The fact that we are apart of a Royal Family, that does VERY little good, is sad. If they sold half their art in their collection, it would cure all the famine in Africa They spend more money traveling to do charity, then donate to charity it self. There is nothing prestigious about that family, or the royal monarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Man Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Certainly Hello Magazine would take a hit, but wouldn't the collective wealth of Brit royals, be put to better use elsewhere? Like helping that country out in times of economic uncertainty? Or perhaps by giving the money to various charities so the starving and uneducated no longer have to be? Or should they be kept around so they can rule over their glorious empire through the tabloids? I for one can't wait for what, if any, significance King William will have on western society during his reign. If you take all the collective wealth of the royal families, including the oil royals, the church, the greedy, soulless coorporate bigwigs, and the rest of the capitalist elite, and distibute it among the masses, you would find that the world would essentially be saved. (As long as some people don't become more equal than others, i suppose.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No5Butcher Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Easy to check - federally check the budget for the office of Governor General and provincially for the offices of the Lieutenant Governor. Here is the Financial Statements of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General for the Year Ended March 31, 2012 http://www.gg.ca/pdf...ceEN2011_12.pdf It is not a big secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 How so? The British Empire has one of the dirtiest histories ever. The royal family is a drain on their own country. They have cost Canada millions of needless dollars to host them over the years. The sheer fact that you put these people above you, makes you simple minded and pathetic. The fact that we are apart of a Royal Family, that does VERY little good, is sad. If they sold half their art in their collection, it would cure all the famine in Africa They spend more money traveling to do charity, then donate to charity it self. There is nothing prestigious about that family, or the royal monarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Far better off, besides being pointless, I feel bad for new citizens who have to swear an oath to symbolism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 The royals aren't what are dragging us (or even England) down. Entitlement and fiscal ineptitude are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Certainly Hello Magazine would take a hit, but wouldn't the collective wealth of Brit royals, be put to better use elsewhere? Like helping that country out in times of economic uncertainty? Or perhaps by giving the money to various charities so the starving and uneducated no longer have to be? Or should they be kept around so they can rule over their glorious empire through the tabloids? I for one can't wait for what, if any, significance King William will have on western society during his reign. If you take all the collective wealth of the royal families, including the oil royals, the church, the greedy, soulless coorporate bigwigs, and the rest of the capitalist elite, and distibute it among the masses, you would find that the world would essentially be saved. (As long as some people don't become more equal than others, i suppose.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'd read all this but stopped after the 1st post. How about people start working hard instead of looking for handouts. The world would not be saved if wealth was distributed evenly. it would prob be worse for everyone. why would anyone invent or create or do anything if you got no reward such as wealth? Typical liberal thought process wanting everything for nothing. well not nothing you guys want someone else to work hard and then give you their money. Save Africa? LOL they don't want to save themselves, if you want to save Africa you 1st have to get rid of all the Kings and Warlords that are causing all the strife. It's not the Queen Of England's wealth that will save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 why would anyone invent or create or do anything if you got no reward such as wealth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Better than the alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Amazing how people can be so easily brainwashed into thinking that somebody else is better than them for absolutely no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'd read all this but stopped after the 1st post. How about people start working hard instead of looking for handouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Seems unlikely in Canada - again slim and none with slim departing long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 These are symptoms of the human condition. If we could wave a magic wand and get rid of the Royal Family, contemporary religion, etc. we would eventually find other ways in which to marginalize different sets of people and create new problems that threaten our species as well as the world itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 These are symptoms of the human condition. If we could wave a magic wand and get rid of the Royal Family, contemporary religion, etc. we would eventually find other ways in which to marginalize different sets of people and create new problems that threaten our species as well as the world itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 The royals aren't what are dragging us (or even England) down. Entitlement and fiscal ineptitude are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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