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 second session on June 9th, entitled "Assessing the Canadian Crown: Perceptions, Realities, Challenges," featured Senator Hugh Segal, Senator Serge Joyal, Jonathan Malloy (Canadian Study of Parliament Group), David E. Smith (Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina), Jennifer Smith (Dalhousie University) and Michael Valpy (The Globe and Mail).