"The truth is that the monarchy stands for much that has held Canada back. It embodies the triumph of inheritance over merit, of blood over brains, of mindless ritual over innovation. The monarchy reminds us to defer to authority and remember our place. In Quebec, the Royals are regarded as an insult.
"It’s a ghastly institution. And the Windsors aren’t much better.
"The best that can be said of the Queen is that she has never done anything improper. One suspects she lacks the imagination for it. She likes corgis better than her children (who , unlike the corgis, must make appointments when they want to see her). In fact, she doesn’t care for people much at all.
"Her children suffer from the curse of inherited wealth and boundless sycophancy, which are nearly always fatal to the development of character. For the most part dim and plain, they are living proof of the perils of inbreeding. "
Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail, February 2001
"The are like walking corpses, the standard-bearers - or rather, the pallbearers - of a world view preserved in pickle brine and withered elitiism. Let’s get one thing straight. Royalty exists only through an act of wilful ignorance on the part of their subjects. Call it a suspension of common sense."
Will Ferguson, Why I Hate Canadians
