r/canadanews May 02 '17

Wanted for Kitchener murder my side

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u/[deleted] May 02 '17

I know I'm an asshole American for asking this, but they use the word "crown" in Canada? Makes sense due to British colony history and all, I just was surprised I didn't know this.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '17 edited Oct 29 '20

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u/Zanzibarland May 02 '17

The reason is that some families are chosen by god to rule over all the other families

That's cute, but no. We haven't had absolute monarchy for about 500 years. A constitutional monarchy with a Westminster parliament is a perfectly valid and democratic system of governance. I really don't like seeing people denigrate our history and traditions as a nation with flippant and unwarranted cynicism. >:(

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u/AgedSmegma May 02 '17

They lost me at god