Nothing seems to annoy monarchists more than to be ignored. They appear to be compiling a suit against Justin Trudeau. They have convinced themselves that he is ignoring the Queen’s Jubilee this year. They are sure that he has nothing more important to do.
It is not often that I get to defend the prime minister. This might be one of those times. The guy just got rid of those yahoos who came to Ottawa to scalp him. Now he is busy defending the action.
In these days of minority government, you not only have to brave the slings and arrows of the frustrated majority in parliament but you are likely going to be hauled into court for overstepping and overkill.
So what? Who do you think won the Battle of Parliament Hill?
And you can complain all you like about Justin Trudeau. He might be an elitist but, at least he is not a monarchist elitist. He is from a Quebec electoral district, so he has little fear of criticism from that source if he ignores the Queen’s Jubilee. He also is safe from any complaints from most Canadians.
The monarchists have to face the fact that the Queen might be a very nice lady but monarchy really is passé. I really do not care how far back you can trace her linage. Ancestors are only important to Mormons.
I seem to remember some royal medals being passed out to conservative supporters during the Harper regime before 2015. If the medals are platinum for this platinum jubilee, I want one. I might get a good price for it on Kijiji.
I hardly care how long the monarchist list of Trudeau’s transgressions might be. I can give you a much longer list of problems we have faced with poorly chosen governor generals and senators. We have to fix our constitution sometime and when we do, we can cut the umbilical cord with the Brit royals.
But Canadians do not want to be curmudgeonly about this. Justin Trudeau should send the queen a nice card on behalf of all Canadians, mentioning her 70 years on the Westminster throne.
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