About Time Don't You Think?

It came to my attention not too long ago that Canada's political system has not been keeping up with the fact that it is 2009. During the most recent parliamentary crisis in which the Prime Minister prorogued Parliament at the consensus of the Govenor General I finally realized the calling of my political generation, it is time for Canada to declare itself a Democratic Republic with a President as its head of state. Stephen Harper was trying to save his own ass as Canadians we all know that, as an opponent of Mr Harpers Neo-Con thinking I believe he was acting in intrests of the survival of his government. What Michaelle Jean on the other hand did was to legitimise the Harper Governments blatent attempt at governmental survival.

Ms Jean a Haitian born immigrant success story must have realized the implication of her decision. Now I'm not blaming Ms Jean I am only attacking the system and its clear violation of Democratic principles. The fact that the Prime Minister can go on national tv and blame the crisis on the Separatists and call on the GG to suspend parliament is unpresedented. That was shocking but the fact that the Queen a non Canadian citizen is our head of state and the fact that nobody in this country elected her or Michaelle Jean is the most shocking thing.

The Queen and Mrs Jean are two very nice and loving people I am sure of that but the fact that neither of them is elected pisses me off. As Canadians we dropped the ball on this one allowing for this to happen instead of getting on to the streets and demanding more accountability of our political system. Canada has been declared a constitutional monarchy since our foundation with the BNA for those who forgot your history that is when the British Empire gave partial control of Canada back to mostly English-Canadians as well as French and then of course the poor Natives who got diddly squat but that's another blog for another time. The problem with the British North America Act was that Canadian politicians had to approve constitutional changes in London England.

In the 1981 though Pierre Trudeau as an act to preserve his legacy brought the Canadian constitution back, but again he had to get the Queen to sign off on it. The point I'm making is that Canada has fallen way behind other nations in modernizing its political structure and the way it operates. The time for Canada falling into line for other nations must stop and it must stop now. The only way for Canada to declare independence and to separate itself from foreign influences that control its political and economic structures is to declare Canada a Republic.

Thank you sincerly Marcos Zottas hope to hear your opinions.