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Clint Burnham, Professor, Department of English, Simon Fraser University

Decolonize the Queen's funeral: Why it shouldn't be a national holiday in Canada

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Sept. 14, 2022. (Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)

In light of Canada’s national holiday for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and the recent mass murder of 11 people on and near James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, American philosopher Judith Butler comes to mind:

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