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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by jordigh on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:01AM (#10105499)
> The queen is a total irrelevance in Canada

Not to everyone:

http://www.monarchist.ca/

Although you are right that many people do not care for the Queen, there are still pockets here and there who do, and she's obviously acknowledged everywhere in government, as a tour of Parliament Hill will attest. Newspapers report the prosecution of a criminal trial as "the Crown", and land that belongs to the government is called Crown property.

I have yet to meet a Francophone who has any love for the Queen, though. Some must exist somewhere.

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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by ZanyProgrammer on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:37AM (#10105593)
I've always figured that the reason why even NDP-ites in Toronto (people who I'm thinking of as the most leftist Canadians) aren't republicans is a desire to stay different from the US in some way. Its simply a way to retain a different Canadian identity.
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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by allengeorge on Sunday August 23, 2015 @11:18AM (#10105694)
More likely, it's that the queen is inconsequential in day-to-day governance, and absolutely no one wants to reopen that can of worms that's the Constitution. Especially not after Meech Lake.
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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by georges_sand on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:25AM (#10105565)
I do not see what you speaking of...

https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/trudeaus-pirou...

;)

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