Canadians don’t want Carlos III and Camila as kings

As the Canadian government prepares to celebrate the coronation of the United Kingdom’s King Charles III, a majority of Canadians oppose the British monarch and his wife Camilla being King of Canada, a poll shows.

The survey, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, shows that 60% of respondents are against Charles III being recognized as the king of Canada, a parliamentary monarchy in which the British head of state is symbolic of the North American state.

An even higher share of Canadians, 62%, expressed their opposition to the character Charles III decorate canadian dollaras happened with his mother, Elizabeth II Englandor to sing “God save the king”. official ceremonies.

Bad acceptance of Camila

The refusal refers to the wife of Carlos III. Camila. 60% of Canadians surveyed said they did not want to be called the queen of the country. 21% would accept her being named queen consort, and another 19% queen.

And 61% think it is the right thing for countries like Canada, which have a British head of state as a symbolic monarch, to break away from that colonial connection. Only 11% of Canadians say the country should stay as is monarchy parliamentary

The reviewwhich interviewed 2,013 Canadians between April 10 and 12 and has a 2% margin of error, was published on the same day as Canadian government published works to celebrate the coronation of Carlos III on May 6.

Canada’s Heritage Minister Pablo Rodríguez said the series will take place on May 6 and 7 open activities to the public in Rideau Hall (Ottawa), the official residence of the Governor General of Canada and who acts as head of state on behalf of the British monarch.

In addition, every province and territory of Canada will hold events to celebrate coronation.