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Article: "Call to arms" for the Canadian Parliament.
- Article from:
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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Canada is one of the few developed democratic countries that uses the same symbol for its executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. The symbol is the Royal Arms of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada. This article argues that Parliament should have its own symbol.
It may surprise many, including members of the Canadian Parliament, to learn that the symbol which appears on the top of every piece of letterhead and on the spine of every binder on Parliament Hill is not a symbol of Parliament. It is the Coat of Arms of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
It is not wrong that these arms are used everywhere in Parliament. It is, after ...