LILLEY: Sticking with monarchy is the worst idea except for all the other ones

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LILLEY: Sticking with monarchy is the worst idea except for all the other ones
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It sounds like an easy, modern idea but cutting ties with the monarchy is very difficult to do and would lead to a worse form of government.

My family came to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland – a place not known for uniform love or support of the monarchy. I’ve heard the stories of posters for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II being vandalized to make it read Elizabeth I since Scotland had never had a Queen named Elizabeth.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

At its core, my main reason is simple: the system of government that we have now works. Why would we change from the Westminster style Parliamentary system that we have now when it is the most stable and successful form of government in the world?The alternatives are worse If we were to attempt to change from a constitutional monarchy to another system, something I’m not sure is possible, you can imagine what would happen. A blue ribbon panel of academics and experts would be struck to examine possible alternatives, none of which would be as good as what we have now.

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