Canadian Politics Today

She was our head of state for many decades, the royal family are mostly a bunch of snots that get far too much money...

Minor point...

The Royal Family doesn't necessarily "get" money from the UK Government. (Well, they sort of do but don't)

What happened is that back in the late 1700s/early 1800s, King George III made a deal with parliament... he would turn over the revenue from land owned by the royals, and in exchange they would receive an allowance from the government (and have their debts at the time removed).

Currently, it costs the UK government roughly 40 million pounds to maintain the royal family. But the British government receives 200 million pounds per year in revenue from the use of crown lands. If the UK got rid of the monarchy, they wouldn't have to pay the 40 million to maintain the Royal family, but they also wouldn't get the revenue from crown lands, because they are actually considered the personal property of the queen.

Now you could complain "why is one person allowed to have/inherit that much land!", but that's just the way western countries work... people   usually have property rights (implicit or explicitly listed in their constitution) and the government can only take it if there is an important reason. (e.g. "We need to build a road and your house is in the way".) A reason of "We  think you have too much stuff" is usually not considered a valid reason.

Now obviously things are different in Canada.... we don't pay as much to maintain the gov. general as the UK does to maintain the monarchs. But then, we don't have the revenue sharing deal either.