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Pip, pip, cheerio and all that rot.
The Queen’s a pip and her visit is a
rotter.

Our government, the benevolent

 

by LITTLE SISTER

 

one in Ottawa that likes cutting
budgets, is letting our sovereign head
of state visit Canada. Hurray! Long
live the government and long live the
Queen.

Countless millions of dollars and
countless headaches worrying about
the Queén’s security is in my opinion
too high a price to pay, in order that we
can watch. our statutory figurehead
parade around in open limo’s, domed
in silly hats, waving to maddening
crowds and collecting flowers from five
year old children, when. we could just
as easily stay at home and watch her
on TV, live from Buckingham Palace,
without the worry and without infrin-
ging on Canadian tax dollars.

We have a deficit. There are
financial problems from sea to sea,
and there is massive unemployment in
this nation, but never fear for we have
the Queen’s timely visit to take our
minds away from the problems of
everyday life. The unemployed don’t
want the Queen, they want jobs; the
people on welfare don’t want the
Queen, they want food; and | don’t
want her because | want out of the void
and into the news that happened
today, rather than reading about it in
some history book, ten years from
now.

There are real issues happening in

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Caso A DATES EL EES

THE OTHER PRESS :

The Buckingham bird

this world. Countless millions of
seemingly unimportant people die
daily around the world, while dollars
spent on Her Majesty's visit could, if
nothing else, prolong their lives until a
final solution to the problem is
discovered. Death is really final, but it
is definitely not a humanitarian solu-
tion.

But a few million dollars is a cheap
price to pay, to keep the eyes of the
nation on something that doesn’t
matter (the Queen), from drifting to
something that does (world hunger,
political unrest, nuclear armaments,
etc).

Oh, | know, the Queen is a lovable,
harmless figure who promotes peace
and well-being wherever she goes,
but good will gestures of peace do not
stop the nuclear arms race between
the U.S. and the Soviet Union, they
don’t enlighten people as to the roots
of the conflicts occurring in the world,
and they surely don’t increase aware-
ness in general, when valuable news
time is being eaten up by clip after clip
of British flag-waving imbeciles and
our Disney fantasy figurehead, the
Queen.

Furthermore, | ask you to try not to
maintain the illusion that she serves to
unite the Commonwealth. One merely
has to look at the struggles in Northern
Ireland to realize that some nations
within the Commonwealth don’t
necessarily desire to be members of a
peaceful, sleepy Queendom, with Liz
at the wheel. The Catholics in North
Ireland in no way desire the Protes-
tants , or Britain and the Queen,
having anything to do with their

country, where they represent the
majority of almost 2 to 1.

In order to be fair, | must admit that
Her Majesty is, well, majestic. She has
an aura of polished poise that anyone
would have to admire. But | for one
would like to see what is happening in
the real world, not a world created on
Canadian television, and definitely not
a world where Queens and Princes
take the spotlight away from issues
that should be addressed on a daily
basis. The Queen’s visit creates a

| wish my dog had a handle in the middle of her back
so |could carry her around,
like a briefcase.

BROT AA Vodntnn

October 5th, 1984

vacuum which helps to keep the people
of Canada ignorant and oblivious to
the famine, the revolutions, and the
political strife that occurs constantly .
around the world. | haven’t much hope
in seeing anything meaningful in the
news until the Buckingham bird takes
to the skies, back to England.

So roll out the red carpet, here
comes the Queen, and by the way, the
U.S. invaded Nicaragua today, killing
500 people. More details after the
Queen goes home.