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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-05-05 17:45:20

If you are perhaps not from Canada and want to get a taste of the complexity of the 'national unity' debate in Canada, I'd recommend these comments from Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois in the House of Commons.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Québec #Alberta #Monarchy

@pre@boing.world
2026-05-28 19:09:55
Content warning: re: UK Pol - Not In Education/Training, Private ownership of wealth

You know there's a chance it would be legal for the King to just set up Brit-Coop as an act of resignation.
Transfer ownership of everything belonging to the crown to a new organization that has ownership by worker-hour, and a mission to rebuild the public infrastructure for the public good.
Use government connections to get it the contracts for welfare-money-for-training.
He won't. Nor will his kids.
Royals aren't about that. They aren't the country. They shouldn't be it's owners.
But it wouldn't be illegal I don't think. If anyone has his royal ear. His big ear.
#monarchy