The Trudeau children also had they wished to would have been able to turn down the state funeral as the family 'always' has the final discision, so the analogy is not wrong.No I'm clarifying what actually happened.
Your analogy of the Trudeau children is incorrect. Trudeau was not only a Prime Minister but a former Cabinet Minister so his being granted a state funeral was automatic. In cases like that the family does not get to chose the can only refuse, but no one ever has, so how does tha compare to the state funeral of a sitting MP. I have no real issue with him being offered a state funeral; its the lying in state in Ottawa and Toronto that starts to set a dangerous precendent. I mean where do we draw the line now when an MP dies? Do we now pay for every MP and Senator to have the same option?
As for still being leader, he stepped down and reliquinshed his role as the head of the NDP party and the role of the Leader of the Official Oppositon. If he had recovered and wanted to resume his position, he would have needed to run again within his party to win the leadership. It is not an automatic appointment.
To also repeat another mistake you made;
Canada is Constitutional monarchy and a democracy.
From; http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Senate/M...archy_00-e.htm
Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Since 1534, when the King of France claimed possession of what is now Canada, the history of our country has been marked by the reigns of an uninterrupted succession of monarchs, both French and British, who have had a significant influence on our country's development.
Under the Crown, Canada developed first as a colony of two empires, originally the French and subsequently the British, then as an independent dominion, and now as an entirely sovereign nation. The Crown occupies a central place in our Parliament and our democracy, founded on the rule of law and respect for rights and freedoms; the Crown embodies the continuity of the state and is the underlying principle of its institutional unity . The Crown is fused to all three branches of government. The Prime Minister, as head of the Executive, is the Governor General's principal advisor; the Crown is also a constituent element of Parliament, with the Senate and the House of Commons; and finally, all decisions made by the courts are given in the Crown's name.
The most important characteristic of Canada's constitutional monarchy has been its ability to adapt to changing conditions over the course of our evolution from colony to nation. In the Senate Foyer and the Salon de la Francophonie hang the portraits of the kings and queens in whose names our laws have been, and continue to be, enacted.
I can offer you more sources if you'd like.