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A royal reckoning: race, relevance and perhaps a rethink

Our system has worked pretty well for 154 years. Public expressions of republicanism in Canada have been rare—the last serious suggestion that we ditch the monarchy came from former deputy prime minister John Manley in 2002, and it was quickly dismissed. After the recent Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the issue is about to be revived.

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