Monarchist League of Canada
 The heraldic badge granted to the Monarchist League of Canada. |
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Focus | Monarchism in Canada |
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Key people
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Robert Finch, Founder |
| Website | www.monarchist.ca |
Robert Finch,
Dominion Chairman,
The Monarchist League of Canada is a nonprofit monarchist organization that describes itself as a "national patriotic society supporting Canada's constitutional monarchy."
The League focuses on three areas: education, advocacy, and research. Local branches, many under the patronage of lieutenant governors, complement these areas of focus by acting as a grassroots rallying point for members.
The Monarchist League of Canada was founded in 1970 by John Aimers and was federally incorporated in 1976. It was founded after Aimers attended a 1969 tour of Canada by Lieut.-Col. J. C. du Parc Braham, chancellor of the London-based Monarchist League The newly formed MLC inherited a list of 50 Canadian members of the British-based league and was founded several months later at an Ottawa meeting in June 1970. Within a year, the League claimed 3,000 members and 10 branches across Canada.
In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a growing mood of Canadian and Québécois nationalism, and criticism from opponents of monarchy who perceived the institution as an archaic and foreign symbol of colonialism and the British Empire.
In an effort to create a new national identity, the Canadian government responded by removing some traditional symbols of the monarchy. For example, the Canadian Red Ensign, bearing the Royal Union flag, was replaced by the Maple Leaf flag, God Save the Queen was replaced by O Canada, the Queen's Printer for Canada assumed a less visible role, and the Royal Mail was renamed Canada Post.
Supporters of the monarchy were alarmed by these changes and formed the League as a lobby group in favour of the retention of the traditional symbols of monarchy and against what it described as "creeping republicanism" that would result in the eventual transformation of Canada from a constitutional monarchy into a republic.
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