Introduction. The Macdonald-Laurier Institute held a debate on the Crown on 14 March 2012 on the resolution that âThe monarchy is a dangerous anachronismâ. John Fraser opposed it, and Michael Bliss supported it. The erstwhile republican Jack Granastein presided over the debate but did not intervene.
Nine counties have adopted âhome ruleâ charters, wherein voters have the power to adopt and amend their own county government organization.
We all think we know what home rule is, or at least we know it when we see it and we surely recognize any attempt to encroach on it by the State. But letâs take a brief look at what home rule actually is and what are the foundations on which it rests. It isnât necessary here to go back in history and explore the historical evolution of home rule. We can leave a discussion of Dillonâs Law and the Cooley Doctrine to the political science classrooms.