Victoria Day reminds us that we all benefit from a constitutional monarchy, including its contributions to human rights and stability

This Victoria Day, the usual suspects will decry the holiday – in the name of decolonization. However, as long as people say Canada’s existence makes the world a better place, they should not deplore how this country was created.

The land that became Canada has been populated for thousands of years, but it only exists as a united sea-to-sea country because it was part of Queen Victoria’s Empire. We owe nearly all of our political ideals and principles to Britain, whether through the actions of those who came to Canada from across the Atlantic or the enduring influence of their ideas.

Start with her crown. Entire books have been written about the benefits of a constitutional monarchy rather than a republic. One need only compare the constitutional monarchies of resource-rich Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to the republics of even more resource-rich South Africa, India, and Zimbabwe to see which system is preferable for guaranteeing human rights, democracy, stability, and prosperity.

Photo by K. Mitch Hodge

Photo by K. Mitch Hodge

Having a politically weak but symbolically powerful monarch........

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