Editing Ted McWhinney (section)

==Legal theory==
In 2005, in anticipation of the publication of his book, ''The Governor General and the Prime Ministers'', Canadian media sources reported that McWhinney, a professor of constitutional law and former [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]], had suggested that a future government of Canada could begin a process of phasing out the monarchy after the eventual demise of [[Elizabeth II]] "quietly and without fanfare by simply failing legally to proclaim any successor to the Queen in relation to Canada". This would, he claimed, be a way of bypassing the need for a constitutional amendment that would require unanimous consent by the federal parliament and all the provincial legislatures.<ref>Barbara Yaffe, "Ditching royals is easy, expert says 
When Queen ends her reign, Canada can just fail to proclaim Charles as the king", ''The Vancouver Sun'', February 17, 2005</ref> However, Ian Holloway, Dean of Law at the [[University of Western Ontario]], criticised McWhinney's proposal for its ignorance of provincial input and opined that its implementation "would be contrary to the plain purpose of those who framed our system of government."<ref>{{Citation| last=Holloway| first=Ian| year=2005| editor-last=Ed. Staff| editor-link=Monarchist League of Canada| title=Liberal Stalking Horse for Stealth Ending of Monarchy?| periodical=Canadian Monarchist News| volume=Spring 2005| issue=23| page=2| publication-place=Toronto| publisher=Monarchist League of Canada| url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2005/Spring_2005_CMN.pdf| accessdate=18 May 2009| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226172807/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2005/Spring_2005_CMN.pdf| archivedate=26 February 2009}}</ref>