More Than 60% Of Canadians Want Prince Harry To Become Canada's Governor General

Jan 13, 2020 by apost team

Following #Megxit as social media has been calling it, many Canadians have welcomed the idea of Harry and Meghan coming to Canada. So much so that according to a recent poll more than 60% would even welcome Prince Harry as Canada's next governor general. 

After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's bombshell announcement about stepping back as 'senior' members of the royal family, the media and public have been scrambling to discover what this will mean for the future. A poll conducted by Dart and Maru/Blue Voice Canada found  60 percent of Canadians said they support the appointment of Prince Harry to governor-general. 

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John Wright who is a partner at Dart told the National Post, "There’s enthusiasm for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle because in many ways, they’re celebrities." Because of Meghan and Harry's status and the way they have tried to carve a life out of their own makes for Canadians looking forward to him becoming part of the country's government. 

“Young people are more engaged with (this couple)” than other members of Britain’s royalty, Wright said. Canadians aged from 18 to 34 showed their support of Harry becoming governor general with 62% of the poll. 1,515 were surveyed on January 6 about Harry's possible position, this gives the poll a fairly high accuracy chance.  

While many seem to support Harry and Meghan in Canada, many users have taken to social to voice that the couple is unwelcome. 

Security experts told The Mirror that Justin Trudeau’s government in Canada will be legally obligated to provide security for Meghan and Harry because of their royal status which could run taxpayers into the millions. One user wrote, "Two freeloaders wanting to come to Canada to further burden the taxpayers of this country. Stay where you are, we don’t want you.”

While another said, '“Canadian taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars a year in security expenses if Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan move there, even part time,'"Which is, one of many reasons, why we don’t want them here!!" 

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