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Andrew Parkin

Andrew Parkin is the executive director of the Environics Institute for Survey Research.

Can Canada engage in a significant constitutional change that leaves us more united?

The resignation of Canada’s governor general and the renewed fighting within the British Royal Family have sparked a fresh round of reflection about Canada’s

Opinion | BY ANDREW PARKIN | March 18, 2021

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, pictured in 1963 at the opening of the New Zealand Parliament. Two other aspects of Canada’s head of state arrangement would come to the fore in any serious debate about change. One is the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the crown, which pre-dates the establishment of the Canadian state, writes Andrew Parkin. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Can Canada engage in a significant constitutional change that leaves us more united?

Opinion | BY ANDREW PARKIN | March 18, 2021

The resignation of Canada’s governor general and the renewed fighting within the British Royal Family have sparked a fresh round of reflection about Canada’s

Can Canada engage in a significant constitutional change that leaves us more united?

Opinion | BY ANDREW PARKIN | March 18, 2021

The resignation of Canada’s governor general and the renewed fighting within the British Royal Family have sparked a fresh round of reflection about Canada’s

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, pictured in 1963 at the opening of the New Zealand Parliament. Two other aspects of Canada’s head of state arrangement would come to the fore in any serious debate about change. One is the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the crown, which pre-dates the establishment of the Canadian state, writes Andrew Parkin. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia