So Parliament is at the top of the pile? Not a good plan. They change every eight years or so. The monarchy gives a sense of permanence to government. The monarch is the font of honour for our honour and awards system. Would you want to receive an Order of Canada knowing that it just originates with Justin Trudeau? The Queen was appointed by God; Trudeau was just born with a nice head of hair.

The Americans sidestep this by putting their Constitution at the top of the hierarchy, but we can't do that with our current constitution since it's written on toilet paper and parliamentary supremecy is the law of the land.