Pieman
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Well, I was out for a few beers with a few egg heads the other night and the discussion got pretty heated and interesting. This is just for fun, but I think it would be interesting to see what other people here think.
The suggestion from a friend of mine who is a Political science prof, is the following: (I think he was semi-serious too :-\)
1) Canada gets rid of the current Governor general by inviting Prince William over to take her place. IMHO no one relates to her at all anyway.
2) We set William up with the most beautiful french Canadian girl we can find and watch sparks fly.
3) We move them into some historical castle and let them reside there.
The idea is that because Prince William is Diana's boy, the population will eat the idea up and just love having him here and will have little problem seeing him as King of Canada.
The girl we set him up with would be a French Canadian version of Dianna, where she would be so charming and beautiful that the population of Quebec would eat it up.
The rest would naturally take care of itself, the position of Governor General would be changed to a permanent position, and change it so that only people following Prince Williams blood line can take the position.
IMHO, this idea is so friggen crazy it could actually work. Personally, I love the idea of having a monarchy in Canada. There is something truly appealing of having an actual person as the head role in Canada as a symbol of the country. It is something more tangable and allows a greater bonding strength than the Canadian flag or the idea of multiculturalism..whatever a Canadian is supposed to be identifying with at the time. Democracy is great, but it is kind of like a headless horseman in many respects. Because we would be Getting Prince William, who is a realy Prince with strong ties to the Queen people will accept him.
I am probably not wording this situation as well as my freind was, but you get the idea. Is it realistic? probably not, but it is in theory possible. Anyway, there were opinions from all sides on this topic, wanted to see what people here think.
The suggestion from a friend of mine who is a Political science prof, is the following: (I think he was semi-serious too :-\)
1) Canada gets rid of the current Governor general by inviting Prince William over to take her place. IMHO no one relates to her at all anyway.
2) We set William up with the most beautiful french Canadian girl we can find and watch sparks fly.
3) We move them into some historical castle and let them reside there.
The idea is that because Prince William is Diana's boy, the population will eat the idea up and just love having him here and will have little problem seeing him as King of Canada.
The girl we set him up with would be a French Canadian version of Dianna, where she would be so charming and beautiful that the population of Quebec would eat it up.
The rest would naturally take care of itself, the position of Governor General would be changed to a permanent position, and change it so that only people following Prince Williams blood line can take the position.
IMHO, this idea is so friggen crazy it could actually work. Personally, I love the idea of having a monarchy in Canada. There is something truly appealing of having an actual person as the head role in Canada as a symbol of the country. It is something more tangable and allows a greater bonding strength than the Canadian flag or the idea of multiculturalism..whatever a Canadian is supposed to be identifying with at the time. Democracy is great, but it is kind of like a headless horseman in many respects. Because we would be Getting Prince William, who is a realy Prince with strong ties to the Queen people will accept him.
I am probably not wording this situation as well as my freind was, but you get the idea. Is it realistic? probably not, but it is in theory possible. Anyway, there were opinions from all sides on this topic, wanted to see what people here think.