The only thing Royal about the mail is that it is a Royal pain in the *** :-)
I guess it is easier for folks from other countries to dismiss the Monarch as our Head of State than those of us of British heritage and ties to England.
Then again, Canada would not be the country that we are now without the immigration over the years. The only thing that irks me is when people become Canadian citizens and then demonstrate in the streets, cause chaos etc. when something happens in their old country. If they are more concerned with their old country, then they should have probably stayed there.
You would think that Canada was Italy or Greece when the World Soccer Championships are on.
If things had turned out differently, we could all be under the French regime now. Or, flying the Stars & Stripes ;-)