Abolition of the monarchy seems always in Canada’s future, never its present.
This is one message of a new poll of Canadians and other Commonwealth citizens by Michael Ashcroft, a pollster and former deputy chairman of the U.K. Conservative Party.
Even a clearly phrased referendum held tomorrow is not certain to succeed, despite strong republican opinions across Canada, the poll suggests.
I find myself wishy one day and washy the next on the question of the Royal family. If woke lectures become the norm I would lean toward severance in short order however.
