Sic Semper Tyrannis

So, the republican debate is back on the political agenda, with discussions of a new plebiscite on the issue in 2010, along side the next federal election. Of course, the monarchists are up in arms, though as usual, they're not actually contributing much to the debate other than shouting "HOW DARE YOU?!"

Now, full disclosure, I strongly support an Australian Republic. That's not why I dislike monarchists, though - the current Australian constitution works pretty well, and I can certainly understand people not wanting to make sweeping changes to it. Monarchists, though, aren't simply in favour of keeping the status quo - they're actively in favour of the specific situation of a foreign aristocrat being our head of state.

They also like to call those of us in favour of a republic with an elected head of state "elitists", thus proving that whatever meaning that word once had is long since gone...

I am curious as to whether there's much of a republican movement in Canada or New Zealand - I assume there would be, but I've never heard of any serious proposals in those countries.