| has gloss | eng: Canadian republicanism is the appreciation amongst Canadians for the replacement of the Canadian system of constitutional monarchy with a preferred republican form of government in the sense of the state headed by a president. These beliefs are expressed either individually generally in academic circles or through the countrys one republican lobby group, Citizens for a Canadian Republic. Though they have no preferred model of republic, such individuals are driven by various factors: a perceived practicality of popular power being placed in the hands of an elected president, and a different manifestation of the modern nation and the independence it achieved in 1982. As with its political counterpart, strong republicanism is not a prevalent element of contemporary Canadian society. The movements roots precede Canadian Confederation, and it has emerged from time to time in Canadian politics, but has not been a dominant force since the Rebellions of 1837, a continuation of which Canadian republicans consider their efforts to be. |
