Canadian woman on our $20 bill preferable to King Charles

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Canadian woman on our $20 bill preferable to King Charles

http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/canadian-woman-on-our-20-bill-preferable-to-king-charles

More and more countries are dropping portraits of royalty and political figures from their currency, and replacing them with historical figures who made names for themselves in other ways—in music, science, art, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. It would be a refreshing change to see that here in Canada too.

More and more countries are dropping portraits of royalty and political figures from their currency, and replacing them with historical figures who made names for themselves in other ways—in music, science, art, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. It would be a refreshing change to see that here in Canada too.

- I agree 

More and more countries are dropping portraits of royalty and political figures from their currency, and replacing them with historical figures who made names for themselves in other ways—in music, science, art, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. It would be a refreshing change to see that here in Canada too.

So does that mean Trump will be on the next US currency

So does that mean Trump will be on the next US currency

He's already set to be on bullion.

Well, this old monarchist utterly disagrees, and I don't consider myself any less a Canadian for that.  I don't think any Bank of Canada issue has ever outshone the 1935 issue, which as everybody knows featured members of the royal family on every denomination from $1 to $100.

I'm going to side (somewhat) with Bob on this one.  The Queen (or King as time will undoubtedly cause to rise) should at the bare minimum be featured prominently on all of our coinage, and at least one banknote, preferably the most common.  In other words, maintain the status quo.  Other prominent Canadians from our history deserve to be featured on our banknotes.  I don't have a strong opinion about maintaining Laurier, MacDonald, King and Borden, but I think it would be quite appropriate to do so and to use the back sides to celebrate other people and/or Canadian themes.  Perhaps the back could have both a thematic design and a portrait of a Canadian associated with that theme?

Where I differ with Bob is his preference for putting a broad selection of the Royal Family on display.  The sovereign gets their due, but the rest can wait their turn.

More and more countries are dropping portraits of royalty and political figures from their currency, and replacing them with historical figures who made names for themselves in other ways—in music, science, art, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. It would be a refreshing change to see that here in Canada too.

100%

And if this is to be the first of the next series in 2018, then that makes the Frontier series the second shortest lived after the 1935.

Sweden's smart looking notes, released only a few months ago, feature personalities from the arts on five out of six denominations, with diplomat Dag Hammerskjöld on the other. No royalty or politicians.