You can’t have the former without the latter

I think we could. In practice they are chosen by the Prime Minister, so we could formalize this practice locally without the crown, but without resorting to an unnecessary election.

Why not have the Prime Minister appoint the President, who must be confirmed by parliament, and keep the role of the President to be mostly ceremonial. Not much changes from today except the removal of the Crown.

The oath of allegiance can be changed to that of a republic which represents all humans in Canada.

Good on them. I would refuse it too. Personally I find it abhorrent that we as a society still allow this one person to be a king just because he was born into the magic family.

We already have a Canadian Governor General doing the actual job, why not just formalize it and do away eyes the crown.

The problem is they don’t need legislation, they need a constitutional amendment which is a pretty high bar to pass…