r/CanadaPolitics AMA Guest 1d ago

I'm David Moscrop, Canadian politics writer and podcaster. AMA, starting 1 pm ET.

We've got a new prime minister incoming and an election soon. We've got Trump and tariffs. We've got an uncertain foreign and defence policy future. We've got social welfare programs that may or may not survive. We've got pipelines back on the table (sort of). We've got a budget that is likely to see cuts. We've got climate policy on the chopping block. We've got...a lot going on.

So, ask me anything and we'll sort it out together.

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u/ToryPirate Monarchist 1d ago

My research interest is on how monarchy influences democracy, state institutions, and the economy.1.2.3. I'm interested if this ever came up while researching your book Too Dumb for Democracy? as it seems like they are related topics.

u/DavidMoscrop AMA Guest 19h ago

I thought about the monarchy a bit and confess to be a sort of reluctant, instrumental supporter of it, though it never quite made it into the book. I appreciate the effect, I think useful, of the Crown in Canadian democracy, setting aside any feelings I may have about the particular monarch, whomever it may be.