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NO. I think Canada should not abandon the
monarchy. It is part of our history, and with it
comes tradition. Both things are important to
me. God save the Queen!
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Karin Yarmish
Prince George, British Columbia
YES. In my opinion, Canada should not be
a country that is content under the dictates
of a Queen with a throne in a foreign country.
I needed new glasses. The best price I
could get was just over $550. By travelling to
Victoria, a suggestion made by an employee at
the Nanaimo warehouse, I got my glasses for
$245. I would recommend that you push for
an optical department in Nanaimo. It would
attract a great deal of business.
Lary Waldman
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
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Phillipe Audet
Saint-Romuald, Quebec
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NO. As a Canadian by choice, I prefer our constitutional monarchy system to any other. It
was one of the main reasons why I became a
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YES. The concept of a monarchy is totally antiquated, anti-democratic and even irrelevant to
contemporary Canada. Our British monarch
and her royal family may be formal, dignified
and even “nice,” but they, as well as the entire
concept of a ruling monarch, no longer relate
in any way to 21st-century Canada.
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Mal Cohen
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NO. We will not know how blessed we are to
live under a parliamentary monarchy until we
lose it and take on the overbearing republican
system, which will essentially make us the 51st
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God bless Canada as the Canadian monarchy that it is.
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YES. Why should Canadian taxpayers pay
millions of dollars for a Governor General
who is just a symbolic head of state representing a Queen who is thousands of miles
away? Canada is a democracy, isn’t it?
I find it very disheartening that a writer based
out of Winnipeg would totally omit even
mentioning any of the incredible camping
areas of Manitoba and Saskatchewan (“On the
wild side,” March/April 2010). Places such as
West Hawk Lake, Lac du Bonnett, Whiteshell
Provincial Park and Porcupine Plain, just to
name a few. We have breathtaking beauty in
our provinces. We are not just one big waving
wheat field. Come visit us sometime and see
for yourself.
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Dauphin, Manitoba
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Canada has more than its share of beautiful camping destinations. Unfortunately, we did
not have enough room to mention as many as
we would have liked to.—Ed.
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