Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

===Significance to Canadian identity===
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In his 2018 book, ''The Canadian Kingdom: 150 Years of Constitutional Monarchy'', Jackson wrote that "the Canadian manifestation of the monarchy is not only historical and constitutional, it is political, cultural, and social, reflecting, and contributing to, change and evolution in Canada's governance, autonomy, and identity."<ref name=Jackson14/> Since at least the 1930s,<ref>{{Harvnb|Buchan|1969|pp=94–101}}</ref> supporters of the Crown have held the opinion that the monarch is a unifying focal point for the nation's "historic consciousness"—the country's heritage being "unquestionably linked with the history of monarchy"<ref name=CHP/>—and Canadian [[patriotism]], traditions, and shared values,<ref name=CHP/> "around which coheres the nation's sense of a continuing personality".<ref>{{Harvnb|Buchan|1969|p=98}}</ref> This infusion of monarchy into Canadian governance and society helps strengthen [[Canadian identity]]<ref name=CHP/> and distinguish it from American identity,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Skolnik |first=Michael L. |date=1990 |title=Lipset's "Continental Divide" and the Ideological Basis for Differences in Higher Education between Canada and United States |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ420197 |journal=Canadian Journal of Higher Education |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=81–93 |doi=10.47678/cjhe.v20i2.183075 |issn=0316-1218 |doi-access=free}}</ref> a difference that has existed since at least 1864, when it was a factor in the Fathers of [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] choosing to keep constitutional monarchy for the new country in 1866.<ref name=Tidridge20>{{Harvnb|Tidridge|2011|p=20}}</ref> Former Governor General [[Vincent Massey]] articulated in 1967 that the monarchy "stands for qualities and institutions which mean Canada to every one of us and which, for all our differences and all our variety, have kept Canada Canadian."<ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002 |page=86}}</ref>
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But, Canadians were, through the late 1960s to the 2000s, encouraged by federal and provincial governments to "neglect, ignore, forget, reject, debase, suppress, even hate, and certainly treat as foreign what their parents and grandparents, whether spiritual or blood, regarded as the basis of Canadian nationhood, autonomy, and history", including the monarchy.<ref>{{Cite journal| last1=Bousfield| first1=Arthur| last2=Toffoli| first2=Gary |title=The "British" Character of Canada |journal=Monarchy Canada |issue=Spring 1996 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=April 1996 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/britchar.htm |access-date=16 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006170100/http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/britchar.htm |archive-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> resulting in a disconnect between the Canadian populace and their monarch.<ref name=Tidridge20/> Former Governor General [[Roland Michener]] said in 1970 that anti-monarchists claimed the Canadian Crown is foreign and incompatible with Canada's multicultural society,<ref name=ECF/> which the government promoted as a Canadian identifier, and [[Lawrence Martin (journalist)|Lawrence Martin]] called in 2007 for Canada to become a republic in order to "re-brand the nation".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Martin (journalist) |title=Wallflowers, it's time for a new stage of nationhood |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=29 July 2007 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=https://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20070729.comartin30%2FBNStory%2FFront%2Fhome&ord=2734943&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true |location=Toronto}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> However, Michener also stated, "[the monarchy] is our own by inheritance and choice, and contributes much to our distinctive Canadian identity and our chances of independent survival amongst the republics of North and South America."<ref name=ECF/> Journalist Christina Blizzard emphasized in 2009 that the monarchy "made [Canada] a haven of peace and justice for immigrants from around the world",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blizzard |first=Christina |title=Royally impressed |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=8 November 2009 |url=http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/christina_blizzard/2009/11/08/11674786-sun.html |access-date=8 November 2009}}</ref> while [[Michael Valpy]] contended in 2009 that the Crown's nature permitted non-conformity amongst its subjects, thereby opening the door to multiculturalism and pluralism.<ref name=Valpy1109/> Johnston described the Crown as providing "space for our values and beliefs as Canadians."<ref name=Johnstonxi/>