Chavez is using the democracy concept to legitimize a proletarian dictatorship based on slum-dwellers (whom are the majority of his population and whom have much more urgent needs than reading newspapers) and QEII is using the same democracy concept simply by refraining from resorting to the aristocratic scorn of laymen and only because she knows that she has no other option to save her face/family.
Downtown Montreal, I see heterosexual parades every Friday and Saturday nights. Likewise, as a society, we should try not so much to get past any celebrations but simply get them on a more normal basis.
It is not a matter of opinion that Canadian is a twice stolen name though: the first time, from the natives (Kanata) and the second time from the Canadiens.