11 The Speech from the Throne and the Dignity of the Crown

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Avant-propos xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Contributors xvii
8. Introduction: The Enduring Canadian Crown 1
9. Canadian Encounters with the Crown
10. Royalty at Rideau Hall: Lord Lorne, Princess Louise, and the Emergence of the Canadian Crown 17
11. La Couronne au Québec de credo rassurant à bouc émissaire commode 33
12. Commentaire : La Couronne au Québec, de credo rassurant à bouc émissaire commode 63
13. The Crown and the Media 71
14. Educating Canadians on the Crown – A Diamond Jubilee Challenge 75
15. Crown and Constitution
16. The Crown in Canada Today: How Dignified, How Efficient? 89
17. Commentary : “ Inefficient Efficiency”: The Use of Vice-Regal Reserve Powers 101
18. The Law of Succession and the Canadian Crown 107
19. A Case for the Republican Option 119
20. The Crown in Practice
21. The Provincial Crown: The Lieutenant Governor’s Expanding Role 119
22. The Speech from the Throne and the Dignity of the Crown 145
23. Cabinet Manuals and the Crown 165
24. Confidant and Chief of Staff : The Governor’s Secretary 183
25. Crown Prerogative Decisions to Deploy the Canadian Forces Internationally: A Fitting Mechanism for a Liberal Democracy 201
26. First Nations and the Crown
27. “Recollecting Sovereignty”: First Nations–Crown Alliance and the Legacy of the War of 1812 223
28. The Aboriginal Peoples and the Crown 243
29. Conclusion: The Contentious Canadian Crown 259
30. General Bibliography on the Crown in Canada 275
31. Court Rulings 293