Born in Toronto to a family Michael Valpy described as "strongly Tory monarchist British imperialist-quite right wing". Perhaps as a reaction to that Valpy's political views are consistently leftist. Remarkably (and it is sad I need to use that term) he maintained a strong belief in monarchy as the best fit for Canada.
Valpy started what was to be a long career in journalism in 1961 which only recently ended in 2012 with his retirement from the Globe and Mail. He used his position to expound upon the many positive aspects of retaining the monarchy and upbraided republicans for having unrealistic plans for establishing a republic. It would take awhile to go through all of his articles, stories, and opinion pieces on the monarchy so I'll let you do the leg work.
He famously described the monarch's constitutional role as being that of a "national fire extinguisher" by providing a source of non-partisan legitimacy in times of crisis.
In 2000 Valpy ran for Parliament in the riding of Trinity—Spadina under the NDP banner. Sadly, he didn't win. It would be nice for there to be a monarchist on the Dipper's bench to educate misinformed MPs such as Pat Martin and Nathan Cullen. Perhaps more importantly it would show the party membership that being a socialist and a monarchist are not incompatible beliefs and that there is no reason to hide that you are one. That is an entire article by itself though.
While retired Michael Valpy still writes articles on a freelance basis. He has been a steadfast champion of the monarchy in his writings and we could use more journalists like him.
Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour
In 2000 Valpy ran for Parliament in the riding of Trinity—Spadina under the NDP banner. Sadly, he didn't win. It would be nice for there to be a monarchist on the Dipper's bench to educate misinformed MPs such as Pat Martin and Nathan Cullen. Perhaps more importantly it would show the party membership that being a socialist and a monarchist are not incompatible beliefs and that there is no reason to hide that you are one. That is an entire article by itself though.
While retired Michael Valpy still writes articles on a freelance basis. He has been a steadfast champion of the monarchy in his writings and we could use more journalists like him.
Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour
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