Re: A Canadian King, please



Hmm, sounds like they forgot to defend Canada somewhere along the
line.

In between this verbal exchange of pleasantries I am reminded of the
situation in 1931 when Sir Isaac Isaacs, an eminent Australian jurist
was put forward as a candidate to become Governor-General of
Australia. Apparently His Late Majesty, King George V was dead against
having a citizen assuming the vice-regal function in his own country.
His Late Majesty had no problem with a citizen elevated to such a
role, however He was of the mind that an Australian should take the
post in Canada, a Canadian in New Zealand and so on.

Of course politicians got in the way and were very strong in their
'advice' to the Sovereign - so this sensible scheme was never put in
place. Australia continued after Sir Isaac Isaacs to receive
superannuated Brits in the post - and in the role of State Governors
until the 1980's.

Whilst most Brits handled the roles without controversy or animosity
on the part of Australians, I feel that if the King's suggestion had
been taken up, we would have had the opportunity today to have had
many erstwhile Commonwealth citizens in vice-regal roles which
certainly would have removed the taint of the Empire having been
centralised in London - a view that has unfortunately persisted and
ultimately led to the latterly wide-held belief that we are all
foreigners to one another. (Yes I know that unwarranted legislation
has been passed in some areas to reinforce this view).

On another point, I am sure that if Canada were in any way threatened,
Australia would be there ready to defend her. We do have a few ships,
about a dozen aeroplanes and a number of troops (save for those that
seem to be deployed in East Timor, Afghanistan, The Solomon Islands
and probably a few other places I've forgotten).

Regards
Donald Binks
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