Posts Tagged ‘ Charles III ’

Should Canadians be pledging allegiance to a monarch across the seas or to the Canadian people and their institutions?

Aug 14th, 2026 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, CANADIAN REPUBLIC NOTEBOOK. TORONTO. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026. Toronto’s annual “Canadian National Exhibition” (CNE) starts just a week ahead — August 21, ending Labour Day, September 7. And this is just one day before the start of Vancouver’s 2026 “Pacific National Exhibition” (PNE) — August 22–September 7. These seasonal fairs in the air […]

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PM Carney just lost me : yes I think he’ll do great against Trump; but I don’t want to build a Canada that still has an offshore monarch as head of state

May 3rd, 2025 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, “CANADA’S CAPITAL REGION FROM FOUR HOURS AND FORTY MINUTES WEST”. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025. I should make two (or maybe three) things clear up front. First, I am a (somewhat cranky?) 80- year-old man who was born in Canada. I have lived here all my life, with brief exceptions for travel abroad. I […]

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