{"id":221554,"date":"2026-05-03T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=221554"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:48:46","slug":"theking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/theking\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! God save the King | Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cDiplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Anonymous\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think most readers would agree that is not me. Diplomacy and subtlety are not something I am known for. I am much more likely to shoot from the hip.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week I wrote an article about Ontario Premier Doug Ford and in the comment section I pretty well got beaten up. I expected that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favourite left-of-center friends wrote, \u201cYour regular readers do not agree with you on this one.\u201d Not entirely accurate, as Listen Up has thousands of readers across the political spectrum. But I get the point, and I have no problem with folks disagreeing with me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has never been my goal to please everyone, every time. How boring would that be!&nbsp;I like to stir it up on both sides of the aisle once in a while, and our readers appreciate that. I believe it is important to foster different viewpoints, and respectful debate is always a good thing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this week I have decided to go two for two, maybe get beaten up again, but hey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a fan of King Charles III for a number of reasons and am happy that he is Canada\u2019s Sovereign. So, there you go. May I suggest you read the entire commentary before you start pounding the keys? \ud83d\ude0a&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the state visit this past week by King Charles to the United States. It was a masterpiece in diplomacy and subtlety and an important moment on the world stage. President Trump may not have understood all of it, but those around him certainly did.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot think of anyone else who could march into the United States Congress during current times and remind Americans that a key component of what they had inherited from Great Britain was a legal principle that executive power was subject to checks and balances. In her recent Toronto Star article, journalist Rosie DiManno noted that this was a principle that Donald Trump \u201chas fundamentally unheeded in his second occupation of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Nevertheless, the King\u2019s statement resulted in a standing ovation, lasting several minutes, from<strong>&nbsp;both&nbsp;<\/strong>sides of the<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>aisle, something Donald Trump admitted he had never been able to achieve.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DiManno also wrote in her article, \u201cNotably, Charles revisited his own naval career \u2014 Trump, of course, has never served in the military, ducked the draft five times \u2014 while praising NATO and doubling down on crucial support for embattled Ukraine with the Trump administration largely halting further military aid. \u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of my favourite messages delivered to President Trump with a humorous and friendly tone, but nevertheless, saying what he thought it important to say, were first, \u201cYou recently commented, Mr. President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German. Dare I say, if it wasn\u2019t for us, you\u2019d be speaking French.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And second, perhaps the best zinger from our point of view, was King Charles finding a way to remind Donald Trump who the King of Canada is. Diplomatic language for \u2018Don\u2019t mess with me.\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am well aware that the matter of Canada remaining a monarchy with our Head of State also being the King of Great Britain is controversial, with a sizeable number of Canadians believing we should become a republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it is my view that Canada should always remember its English and French roots. We are much more diversified now, but one should never forget from whence we came. Canada\u2019s English and French roots are not historical trivia\u2014they are embedded in our law, governance and identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the institutions and traditions that shape public life. Canada\u2019s diversification with new people and new ideas will and should influence these institutions and traditions, but it should not ignore or replace them. Diversity without any shared reference point can drift into fragmentation, and we should not want that to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important reason, in my view, for Canada to remain a monarchy is that it distinguishes us dramatically from the United States, both in terms of governance and institutional infrastructure. We are different than the United States, and our ability to stay that way and to avoid creeping and intentional osmosis depends on those differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only three governance models in this world that I am aware of: monarchies, republics and one form or another of dictatorships. The United States is a republic, leaning, at least for now, toward a more despotic form of governance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s system of governance separates symbolic authority from political power. The Crown \u2014embodied federally by the Governor General \u2014 acts as a constitutional backstop. A constitutional monarchy in Canada dampens the tendency toward personality-driven politics. No Canadian prime minister can claim to <em>be<\/em> the state itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, the republican model merges the head of state and the head of government in one elected figure. That can concentrate political emotion, control and identity, as we are seeing during the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada remaining as a constitutional monarchy reinforces a different political structure than that of the United States: less revolutionary, more evolutionary, less personality-driven, and more institution-driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am aware that there are those who believe that a monarchy whose King or Queen is also the Sovereign of Great Britain is outdated colonialism. While I have some empathy with that, I would prefer to view it as our independent system of governance flowing from the reality and the tradition of the platform on which Canada was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a monarchy. Canada\u2019s system of governance offers a quieter and more secure strength, continuity without rigidity, and identity without exclusion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am good with that, and I am good with Charles III as King of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God save the King.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216742\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/gFDFGblP-Hughs-new-photo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-346x432.jpg 346w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-750x938.jpg 750w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-630x788.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to the former Premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. 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