As the Queen marks seventy years on the throne, this engaging work examines Canada's constitutional monarchy.
As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee in 2022 and nears the conclusion of her reign, much discussion and debate has taken place about the monarchy in Canada.
A Resilient Crown examines a broad range of issues related to Canada's constitutional monarchy, its present state, and its future. Topics include Crown-Indigenous relations; the foundational place of the Crown in Canada's system of government; the viceregal offices and the role of the administrator; the Crown and francophone Canada; the prime ministers and the Queen; royal tours; and Queen Elizabeth herself.
Drawing from academics, serving and retired public servants, and well-known commentators, this book brings together a rich collection of essays that delve into the Crown in Canada today.
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Michael Jackson, a former chief of protocol for Saskatchewan, is President of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada. He is the author of The Crown and Canadian Federalism (Dundurn, 2013) and editor of four other books on the constitutional monarchy in Canada. He resides in Regina.
Christopher McCreery is Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and a founding member of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada. He has written more than a dozen books on Canadian honours, symbols, the governor general, and lieutenant governors. He lives in Halifax.