More

Althia Raj
Althia.Raj@huffingtonpost.com Become a fan of this reporter
GET UPDATES FROM Althia
 

Chantal Dupuis: Queen Elizabeth Writes Back After Getting Letter From Quebec Resident Calling For Stephen Harper To Be Fired

Chantal Dupuis Queen

First Posted: 03/ 2/2012 4:37 pm Updated: 03/ 5/2012 2:00 pm

Amazing
 Inspiring
 Funny
 Scary
 Hot
 Crazy
 Important
 Weird

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has refused a request by a Quebec resident to fire Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Chantal Dupuis, a Montreal resident, wrote the Queen in December requesting she remove Harper from his position.

“As Your Majesty is our head of state, I have no other choice but to ask Your Majesty to help us Canadians to remove Stephen Harper from the office of Prime Minister of Canada, because Canadian democracy is in danger like never before in its history,” she wrote in a Dec. 16, 2011, letter.

Dupuis complained that Harper has repeatedly violated the Canadian constitution and that he doesn’t deserve a majority government after getting less than 50 per cent of the popular vote. She argued that Harper's appointees, the Governor General and his senators, are doing his bidding instead of fulfilling their duties.

Dupuis suggested that Governor General David Johnston should have kicked Harper out of office after his government was found to be in contempt of Parliament in March, 2011.

“In the past, people went to prison for having been found in contempt of Parliament, but now, when the totality of the government Stephen Harper leads is found in contempt, nothing is done to protect Canadians and their constitutional rights,” Dupuis said.

“As a Canadian, I was wondering when Your Majesty would intervene to protect us Canadians?” she asked. “How could Her Majesty, as the chief of Canada, do nothing?

The Queen’s senior correspondence officer, Sonia Bonici, responded on Feb. 24, 2012, thanking her for her letter but confirming Her Majesty has no plans to remove Harper from office.

“Her Majesty has taken note of the views you express but I should explain that there is no question of The Queen dismissing the Canadian Prime Minister or dissolving Parliament as you suggest,” Bonici wrote.

“Nonetheless, it was useful to The Queen to have your views and I am to thank you for writing,” the correspondence officer concluded.

Dupuis said she didn't really expect Her Majesty would respond to the request.

"I hoped she would but I did not know, I was really surprised, I was shocked actually," she wrote in an email to HuffPost.

QUEEN'S COLOUR CO-ORDINATED UMBRELLAS
FOLLOW HUFFPOST CANADA POLITICS

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has refused a request by a Quebec resident to fire Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Chantal Dupuis, a Montreal resident, wrote the Queen in December requesting...
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has refused a request by a Quebec resident to fire Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Chantal Dupuis, a Montreal resident, wrote the Queen in December requesting...
Related News On Huffington Post:
 

 
 
  • Comments
  • 176
  • Pending Comments
  • 0
  • View FAQ
Post Comment Preview Comment
To reply to a Comment: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to.
View All
Favorites
Bloggers
Recency  | 
Popularity
Page: 1 2 3 4 5  Next ›  Last »  (5 total)
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
onepercentincomeearner
18 Fans
03:36 PM on 05/29/2012
The queen just laughed and wiped her buttocks with the original letter LOL It's not going to happen ever lol get used to it
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
JuanitoN
15 Fans
09:52 AM on 05/29/2012
Shows again that our Queen of Canada deserves our support and attention. While proper route to go would be through G-G, no problems with one of her subjects sending a letter to her directly.

Our Queen also has a vital, direct and unique relationship with Canada's First Nations, wherein they are allies of the Queen, not subjects. Even if rampant republicanism gripped Canadians and we ceased to be a constitutional monarchy, the First Nations of Canada would still maintain their relationship with the monarchy.

However, when we see that so many constitutional monarchies are at the very top of he UN Human Development Index, as well as other rankings of freedom and human rights, we that maintaining our membership in the constitutional monarchy "club" is no impediment to enjoying a very progressive political and social national trajectory.

Vive la Reine!
Permalink  |
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Nadine Lumley
unseatHarper circle ca
435 Fans
09:17 AM on 05/28/2012
good repost from Jeff Casselman: For those of you who don't remember the Queens last visit here is a reminder: She arrived. She laid a stone from Runnysmeade (google it: it's where the Magna Carta was signed) into the site for a new Winnipeg Library (dead center of the country).

Do not believe the Conservative 'pro monarchy' spin by any means. We have lost enough of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms already that we shouldn't strive to remove the last bastion of freedom we have. The people who operate outside our government and by virtue of the Magna Carta have discretionary control of it.

snip snip: The Queen dedicated the cornerstone of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The stone came from the fields of Runnymede — near Windsor Castle — where the original Magna Carta was signed in 1215.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/06/25/f-queen-elizabeth-royal-visit.html

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/that-david-johnston-scandal-in-full/
Permalink  |
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Nadine Lumley
unseatHarper circle ca
435 Fans
09:15 AM on 05/28/2012
Canada’s last 3 fraud elections:

Harper cheated in 2006 with in-and-out fraudulent transactions to get around spending limits.

Harper cheated in 2008 by calling an illegal election.

Harper cheated in 2011 with misleading and deceptive phone calls.

Stephen Harper is not our Prime Minister. Harper stole all 3 last elections. It’s much worse than we’ll ever know.

http://www.leadnow.ca/robocall-fraud

♥
Permalink  |
photo
Howard Hight
9 Fans
11:28 AM on 05/09/2012
As a Canadian citizen I am outraged at the stupidity of the woman from Quebec who would call upon persons in a foreign nation to resolve a Canadian national question. I call upon the Government of Canada to look into charges of treason for this . Have all Canadians lost their sense of self respect and pride? We did not have a revolution to shed the yoke and pomposity of British rule. However the evolutionary process surely had set us free. But to see Canadians still grovel before those beneficiaries of the greatest welfare scam in any free nation, sickens me. Furthermore the pomposity of those pretentious drones who draw substance from that outdated monarchical trough to acknowledge her correspondence as though their consideration or opinion had any validity is further insult to our national dignity.
Permalink  |
photo
Tom Smithee
1 Fans
04:38 PM on 04/06/2012
So much for having any respect for the Queen. Harper should resign and be held accountable.
Permalink  |
Reg Findlay
0 Fans
05:58 PM on 05/09/2012
First of all it's amazing that someone from Quebec would write the Queen and ask her for anything. We all know Frenchmen hate the queen. I think Chantel is a plant from Toronto who's real name is Donna.
Permalink  |
photo
Mackenzie Carr
15 Fans
02:27 PM on 03/23/2012
You guys do know we're a democracy right? lmao
Permalink  |
Seamus OMalley
My micro-bio is no longer empty.
90 Fans
05:16 PM on 03/15/2012
Can someone please remind me what purpose the queen serves? I have been told that she is some sort of 'defender of democracy' or something. Seems to me like she's really laying down on the job.
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
Whittleigh
156 Fans
01:57 PM on 03/08/2012
I am in such a chipper mood this morning that I will not address politics and squabbling regarding Her Majesty. Doesn't she just look adorable with her coordinating umbrellas?
Permalink  |
photo
Jonathan Balofsky
3 Fans
10:57 PM on 03/06/2012
With all do respect, I am afraid that Ms Dupuis is misinformed. Saying Harper has no right to a majority due to having less than 50% of the vote is pure ignorance as very few Prime Ministers had more than 50%. Where were the complaints when Chretien had 30% and three successive majority governments. It seems a desire to thwart the democratic will of the people by those who dislike the conservative party is in the air. After all the investigation isnt concluded and I must ask, whatever happened to innocent before proven guilty?
Permalink  |
Chantal Dupuis
72 Fans
 
06:39 PM on 03/07/2012
Innocent before proven guilty?! Nobody did their job on the Contempt of parliament!! No more proof needed to know that Stephen Harper is not the man for the job... Period.

Also, it's not because a parlimentary system has been existing for a long time that it means it's still the right solution. In Iceland, they are reinventing themselves, why can't we?
Permalink  |
photo
Jonathan Balofsky
3 Fans
08:20 PM on 03/07/2012
I simply believe that before we go around saying Harper is guilty of election fraud, we should actually let the investigation, which is currently underway, get completed so we can learn the truth. Right now it seems people are rushing to judge.
Permalink  |
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Runey
religion is why we can't have nice things.
704 Fans
 
11:19 AM on 03/06/2012
The queen is useless, and in complete collusion
Permalink  |
photo
b1986
105 Fans
02:03 AM on 03/06/2012
I wonder what the public reaction would have been if the Queen exercised some hard power as Head of State and forcibly removed Prime Minister Harper from office? Shock? What would the American reaction be? Would Harper try to remove Canada from the commonwealth at that point? What would Canadians reaction be to such an attempt?
Permalink  |
Larry Hammond
11 Fans
12:45 PM on 05/29/2012
I don't think it's too much to have the GG, either with or without the guidance of the Queen, call a bi-election in the 7 contested ridings. Whether the Tories were behind the robo-calls or not, they did change the outcome of the election in those ridings, and so bi-elections seem in order. Harper should do the ethical thing and call those elections himself (LOL!!!), but if he doesn't then it does fall on the GG, on behalf of the Queen, to do it. If the GG is too far up Harper's colon, then I don't see anything wrong with the Queen, the official head of state, to do so.
It's not kicking Harper out of office, it's simply protecting the integrity of the democratic process. If the Tories win those 7 ridings again, then they certainly deserve to rule. But let the people have a fair election, not this 3rd world nonsense.
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
Language Learner
152 Fans
11:31 PM on 03/05/2012
Some say the Queen is the Chairman of the Committee of 300.

Will Harry sitting on the throne soon? He sure doesn't look like Prince Charles....
Permalink  |
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Ramkshrestha
Welcome to Nepal - the birthplace of Buddha
232 Fans
 
05:10 PM on 03/05/2012
Canada still under the control of UK?
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
lenuk
132 Fans
07:36 PM on 03/05/2012
QEII is queen of Canada.
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
Liban CZ
355 Fans
08:31 AM on 03/07/2012
WHY?
Permalink  |
nebulaboy23
18 Fans
01:28 AM on 03/06/2012
She is our Head of State, as is the case in a Constitutional Monarchy. In all practicality however, the Queen is more symbolic when it comes to actual government business in Canada, but theoretically has these powers. After an election, the prime-minister-in-waiting is to visit the Queen to ask permission to form a government given the election results. In Canada this is usually done through the Queen's "proxy" in Canada, the Governor-General, and such approval is generally never witheld. Whenever legislation is passed in the House of Commons and then by the Senate, it goes for Royal Assent which binds it into law.
Permalink  |
This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program
photo
Liban CZ
355 Fans
08:31 AM on 03/07/2012
WHY?
Permalink  |
jeffsmith
0 Fans
04:45 PM on 03/05/2012
under the socialist liberials or ndp our democracy would and has been under greater attack. we the public have lost far greater civil liberties under those governments both federally and provincially . finally a government that doesn't embarrass canada on the international stage .now if only they would re-establish rights for the unborn and hand gun proponents and eliminate the senate or at least make it a democratically elected one we could head in the right direction much further and or quicker.
Permalink  |
nebulaboy23
18 Fans
01:48 AM on 03/06/2012
Blanket inflammatory statements such as the "socialist" liberals or ndp hardly serves to create any kind of responsible policy dialogue. I try to avoid using terms like the "totalitarian" or "authoritarian" Conservatives or other clearly baiting adjectives. While on the topic of democracy being attacked, I can name a few incidents by the current sitting government that speak to that issue. The CPC is the first ever sitting govt to be found to be in contempt of parliament.
The going attitude seems to be that doing the business of the government -- that is -- in parliament, debating legislation in a fulsome manner so that it can be tailored for the benefit of all Canadians and not just the governing party's wishes -- is a tedious exercise that needn't be bothered with because they know what's good for all of us, sans debate. The opposition is supposed to point out deficiencies and shortcomings in proposed legislation so that the end result will stand up to legal scrutiny when it is applied.
Using parliamentary procedures such as prorogation to avoid uncomfortable confrontations seems to be an affront to parliamentary procedure as well, and that is a part of our democratic heritage. Not to mention this whole fiasco of warrantless surveillance of personal communications.. i could go on.. The transgressions of the current government are pretty much neck-and-neck with the transgressions of past governments that came to power on a promise of transparency and honesty. I'm not surprised though.
Permalink  |
jeffsmith
0 Fans
02:49 AM on 03/06/2012
thanks for your reply ,it is much appreciated by one who understands that laws put in place over the last 50 years in this country has in many cases been a power grab by the powerful few and the favorite pastime of the so-called elites ,social engineering.
Permalink  |
nebulaboy23
18 Fans
01:48 AM on 03/06/2012
As or the rights of the unborn, where exactly does one draw that line about what constitutes "unborn" in a legal sense -- and how such legislation could be enforced and if it would hold up in a court of law that relies on precedent? Does Canada really want to get into the disastrous double talk and confusion that is happening in the U.S.?

You want rights for handgun proponents, move to the U.S., it's just doing wonders for them.

As for the Senate, maybe there could be a way to elect them. As it exists now I don't see it being much more than a gift the sitting PM hands out to his ideological friends. The main beauty of the Senate originally, was that -- not having to worry about fads and fickle public opinion, they can sit and truly debate legislation on its merits, absent the pressure of worrying about re-election. Sometimes governing by polls is a terrible thing and can result in ridiculous and flimsy policy. But the curent way Senators are put in place is ridiculous. I say find a non-partisan way to appoint them, or get rid of it.
Permalink  |
jeffsmith
0 Fans
03:00 AM on 03/06/2012
its hard to argue with someone who can't think beyond the length of one's nose. Really , you ask the question , when does life begin ? well in the biological sense it begins at conception .I don't know where that is argued except in the field of law and that certainly is not based on science, concerning this issue. Handguns , maybe if canada bordered mexico you would feel differently ,i certainly don't mind the idea of having the right to protect myself . i guess if you only want the police to be armed , you would be very comfortable in any totalitarian state both past and present. in any case i appreciate your reply , thanks
Permalink  |
 
Page: 1 2 3 4 5  Next ›  Last »  (5 total)