D. Michael Jackson - Royal Progress: Canadas Monarchy in the Age of Disruption

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Title: Royal progress : Canadas monarchy in the age of disruption / edited by D. Michael Jackson ; foreword by the Hon. Margaret McCain, CC, ONB.

Names: Jackson, D. Michael, editor.

Description: Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200151592 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200151657 | ISBN 9781459745735 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459745742 (PDF) | ISBN 9781459745759 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: MonarchyCanada. | LCSH: CanadaForeign relationsGreat Britain. | LCSH: Great BritainForeign relationsCanada.

Classification: LCC FC246.M6 R69 2020 | DDC 320.471dc23

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Dedicated to John Fraser, CM
Founding President of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada at Massey College, in recognition of his leadership in establishing Her Majestys third Canadian Chapel Royal Gi-Chi-Twaa Gimaa Kwe, Mississauga Anishinaabek AName Gamik The Queens Anishinaabek Sacred Place at Massey College, Toronto, honouring the historic relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the Crown.

Margaret McCain

During the summer of 2019, the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada at Massey College held its fourth conference on the Crown. For two intensive days at the University of Toronto, scholars and students of the Crown in Canada presented, discussed, and debated not just the role of the Crown in Canadas system of governance, but its evolution and future, as well as the distinctive colouring the Canadian Crown has taken on through the years. Scholars from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand made contributions of their own based on their unique experiences of the Crown.

I was delighted to be the honorary chair of the conference, just as I am to be patron of the Institute itself. This is for some obvious reasons, but also for some not-quite-so-obvious reasons, too! The obvious ones are well obvious: I love our Queen. She is the most hard-working sovereign in our history. She loves Canada and has visited it more than any other Commonwealth country outside her home base in the United Kingdom. I once had the privilege to be her representative in New Brunswick as her lieutenant governor. It was the honour of a lifetime and cemented a commitment I will always support.

The not-so-obvious reasons have to do with important defining concepts of our Constitution.

The Crown and the way it has evolved in Canada help define who we are. It is an institution at the heart of our countrys history and continuing experience, but one often taken for granted. As was made clear in the conference, this may be changing. Just one example: the historic relationship between the Crown and the Indigenous Peoples of this land, while not without its challenges, nevertheless holds out a promise to bring concrete reality to reconciliation.

Another is the way governments and government institutions deal and communicate with each other. When I was lieutenant governor in New Brunswick, I knew I had a special responsibility to represent both the Acadian French-speaking population and the majority English-speaking population. The modern Crown sets standards of civility and decency in all its relations that are reminders of the way we should operate between institutions and with the general public. The fact that our Institute takes regular stock of the institution of the Crown is its biggest service to Canada.

This conference was important for many reasons, but perhaps the most important in my mind was that it brought together people who believe that Canada and the Crown have a joint mission to protect and serve this good land. A joint mission, if you like, to buttress its strengths as well as help heal its wounds; to help us prepare for a future where our willingness to marry the best of the past and present into a coherent path toward the future is a tangible goal.

I am so pleased that some of the work of the conference is reflected in this publication, together with essays from other equally qualified authors. I extend my congratulations and thanks to all who contributed to the conference and this volume. The work is important because the Canadian story is important.

D. Michael Jackson

In 2019, the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada at Massey College convened its fourth conference on the Crown, occurring for the first time at its home base in the University of Toronto. The previous ones had taken place in Ottawa (2010), Regina (2012), and Victoria (2016). This latest conference, entitled The Crown in a Time of Transition, included speakers from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The presentations and the lively discussions that followed each were grouped under five topics: the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, the reserve powers of the Crown, the succession to the throne, the viceregal offices, and moving toward a new reign. The present volume covers these topics except for that of the reserve powers.

Of the nine chapters, six are based on papers given at the conference. Chapters 1, 2, and 7 were generously contributed by other authors.

A welcome feature of the 2019 conference was its timely emphasis on the relationship of the Crown with Indigenous Peoples the first topic in the present book, just as it was the first session at the conference. That session was preceded by a historic gathering at Massey College of senior Indigenous leaders with the Canadian viceregal representatives the governor general, lieutenant governors, and territorial commissioners. National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations delivered a keynote address to the gathering in Masseys Chapel Royal, designated by the Queen in 2017 as Canadas third chapel royal and allied to the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We are grateful to Chief Bellegarde for agreeing to include an edited version of his address in this book.