OTTAWA — As momentous as the death of Queen Elizabeth II may be after her 70 years on the throne, it's pretty much business as usual in terms of Canada's governance.
The monarch remains the constitutional head of state in this country, no matter who is filling the role at any given time, says Philippe Lagassé, an associate professor of international affairs at Carleton University and an expert on the role of the Crown in the Westminster system of government.
"This means that, in their official capacity, the legal personality of the Queen King does not change when different natural persons hold the position. "Dissolution by demise of the Crown" as it is known, flowed from the"premise that the Sovereign summons a parliament in his or her personal capacity and that, therefore, a parliament must die along with the individual King or Queen who sent for it," says James Bowden, an acknowledged authority on such matters, in an April 2021 post on his scholarly blog, Parliamentum.
Today, the Parliament of Canada Act expressly states that"Parliament shall not determine or be dissolved by the demise of the Crown and, notwithstanding the demise, shall continue, and may meet, convene and sit, proceed and act, in the same manner as if that demise had not happened." For instance, Canada's Privy Council, which includes all current and former cabinet ministers, is expected to meet when a new monarch ascends the throne. The governor general, the Crown's representative in Canada, must also issue a proclamation on the new monarch.
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