Perpetuating a lie

Dear Mr. Editor:
This “maxim” will never be obsolete: “Liars figure, but figures don’t lie.”
Canadian soldiers are fighting and dying for democracy in foreign lands while they themselves and their families live in Canada, where monarchy rules. Is there anything wrong with this picture?
According to the Canadian government, Canada is a “constitutional monarchy.” How can monarchy promote democracy when they are complete opposites?
Does a GM dealership promote Ford products?
In a “modern monarchy,” you may have your “two cents worth” in the so-called “democratic process” to vent your anger or express your hopes for something better. But after the dust settles, everything stays the same—with some extra “make-up” here and there.
It’s interesting to note that the former Eastern Bloc communist politicians also called their countries democracy.
In Canada, there are many parties but there is only one way (i.e., follow the “party line” or else). In a communist country, there is only one party, therefore there is only one way (“follow the party line” or else).
Different “democratic processes,” yes, but is there any difference in the final result?
Every Canadian politician’s allegiance is to the English queen, not to the public. At this time, “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second” is the supreme ruler of Canada and the “party line,” of course, is her line.
Does she also call Canada a democracy? Not likely, but to be sure someone should ask her?
So, why do the prime ministers, politicians, educators, and the news media state that Canada is democracy—and even sovereign—when the forensic evidence proves that it is monarchy?
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
“The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the political, economic, and/or military consequences of powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the state.” (Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda).
Thank you,
Andrew Szell
Fort Frances, Ont.