Whether it's about the cake, the kiss or the constant coverage, comments or complaints over the royal wedding are bound to slip into Canadian conversation on the eve of the big day.
But regardless of if they're rooting for the royals or nauseated by the blow-by-blow coverage, monarchists and republicans agree that Friday's grand event is getting Canadians thinking about their country's link to the monarchy, and whether it will endure.
"We relish the chance of having the monarchy in the news," says Tom Freda, co-founder and director of the Citizens for a Canadian Republic. "Apathy is the biggest problem we have in this debate."
Freda's non-profit group wishes Prince William and Kate Middleton well, but ultimately wants the country's head of state to be an elected governor general from Canada instead of a "non-resident monarch. "
"Simply being a celebrity is not enough to warrant being at the core of the Canadian state," he says.
"Especially when these people aren't Canadian and they don't live here."
William & Kate: The Royal Wedding - Royal wedding buzz stirs monarchy debate in Canada
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