Public Record The Crown in Canada: Present Realities and Future Options On June 9th and 10th, 2010, in Ottawa, The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen’s University and the Canadian Study of Parliament Group organized a conference entitled "The Crown in Canada: Present Realities and Future Options". The concluding session on June 10th featured conference organizer Paul Benoit, Senator Lowell Murray, Senator Hugh Segal and Senator Serge Joyal.