It matters because its embarrasing and shameful. Regardless of the fact that having a President and heads of Provinces would probably be cheaper than having a Governor General and Lieutenants Governor and paying for "royal" visits this is an issue that concerns the very heart of what it means to be Canadian. We are a democratic nation that believes in freedom, honour, liberty, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and good government. We don't believe in a bunch of spoiled, do nothing, know nothing, adulterous, inbred pissants.