Download or read book The Republican Option in Canada, Past and Present written by David E. Smith and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 1999 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history, prospects, and implications of republicanism in Canada, traces the ambivalence of Canadians to the concept, and demonstrates the conflict republican theories and practices present for parliamentary systems of the British model.