tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post5385695356709224758..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: The Crown in British ColumbiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-76459234211687732212009-02-19T00:06:00.000-05:002009-02-19T00:06:00.000-05:00In BC here as well...I think what the Lt. Gov. is ...In BC here as well...<BR/><BR/>I think what the Lt. Gov. is wearing is the 2nd Class Civil Uniform. <BR/><BR/>The Lt. Gov.'s own website is confused into calling it the Windsor Uniform. Something else altogether.<BR/><BR/>http://www.archive.org/stream/dressinsigniawor00greauoft<BR/><BR/>Great handbook for these things. Apparently, cabinet ministers in Canada are entitled to wear it as well. Original version has white knee breeches and leather pumps. I think the trousers are an improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-54441902932685543002007-10-17T20:56:00.000-05:002007-10-17T20:56:00.000-05:00I apologise for being away and not noticing this p...I apologise for being away and not noticing this post! As a British Columbian, I am very proud to see the new Lieutenant Governor don the traditional court uniform. Perhaps a return to tradition influenced by the current PM...?<BR/><BR/>Myabe I'm weird, but I do find the history of our heraldric symbols, especially the unauthorised use (up until 1987) of the Royal Crest, fascinating. The old colonial flag was a blue ensign with this insignia in the fly. I would love to find a reproduction of this flag!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-42028954633507346152007-10-08T19:24:00.000-05:002007-10-08T19:24:00.000-05:00I agree, Cato. This whole controversy is longstand...I agree, Cato. This whole controversy is longstanding and the people from the beginning have been on the side of them staying. Aboriginal politics is most acute on the west coast, however, given the sheer number of tribes and the overlapping land claims. This issue would never have gone away and a Royal Commission decided it was time to make peace and move on. Sigh.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-44346890984166157522007-10-08T07:08:00.000-05:002007-10-08T07:08:00.000-05:00The Viceregal uniform is quite splendid: the new L...The Viceregal uniform is quite splendid: the new Lietenant-Governor is to be approved.<BR/><BR/>On the question of the murals in the B.C. legislature, I must say I disagree with the decision to move them. If the aboriginal people portrayed in them are depicted in 'passive' and 'demeaning' roles isn't this because it was just such roles, of back-breaking manual labour, that many of them were in fact effectively conscripted to undertake? To try and air brush this out of history, and thereby deny the servitude to which many were condemned, is surely to deny the past and pretend that it was a rosier one for aboriginal peoples than in fact it was. Surely it would be better for the murals to stay: they mark a perfect contrast with the way the new aboriginal holder of the post of Lieutenant-Governor is now at the heart of government, and show the way in which Canadian society has improved very greatly for the better.trinitylawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106413502182893622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-20771572801074997082007-10-04T16:39:00.000-05:002007-10-04T16:39:00.000-05:00Beaverbrook, the city has changed so much since th...Beaverbrook, the city has changed so much since then. Haste ye back!Dundonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655484268263802776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-34746208497545907352007-10-04T12:13:00.000-05:002007-10-04T12:13:00.000-05:00Likewise, Dundonald. I enjoyed immensely my trip t...Likewise, Dundonald. I enjoyed immensely my trip to Glasgow in 86'.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-88715900374916273052007-10-04T10:04:00.000-05:002007-10-04T10:04:00.000-05:00No kidding. One wonders how 50% would want to abol...No kidding. One wonders how 50% would want to abolish it, when only 5% are even aware of it. The pollster must be getting a lot of this: do you support dumping the Queen? Answer: We have a Queen? Yes, I support dumping it.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-59191369529143818322007-10-04T10:03:00.000-05:002007-10-04T10:03:00.000-05:00I enjoyed immensely my trip to Victoria a few year...I enjoyed immensely my trip to Victoria a few years ago, with my arrival by sea plane, tea at the Empress, and a tour of the Parliament buildings.Dundonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655484268263802776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-63304772600279835622007-10-04T09:25:00.000-05:002007-10-04T09:25:00.000-05:00So many examples of the Canadian monarchy all arou...So many examples of the Canadian monarchy all around us and yet only 5% know who our head of state is. Now more than 50% want to abolish the monarchy (albeit the result comes from skewed poll questions). How stupid *are* people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-85949035179420171232007-10-03T14:54:00.000-05:002007-10-03T14:54:00.000-05:00I do like the Viceregal ceremonial dress, especial...I do like the Viceregal ceremonial dress, especially the hat. You Canadians do ceremony wonderfully: I wish some of it would rub off down here.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-62654830207760290102007-10-02T23:05:00.000-05:002007-10-02T23:05:00.000-05:00My home away from home, to be exact. I grew up the...My home away from home, to be exact. I grew up there and lived most of my life on the left coast.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I am noticing a huge disappearing act on the top part of this post. I have no idea what could be causing this on again, off again glitch with the template. Please let me know if you notice the same. I am less than pleased, to be it mildly.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-31228186336614207742007-10-02T18:24:00.000-05:002007-10-02T18:24:00.000-05:00Home sweet home...that means you live near me :D P...Home sweet home...that means you live near me :D Perhaps I've run into you with knowing it...<BR/><BR/>"Splendor sine occasu", indeed, the best of the provincial mottos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com