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Canada is a completely independent and sovereign state. The fact that the Queen of Canada and the Queen of the United Kingdom are the same person is incidental.
by Coincoin 10y ago
Canada is a completely independent and sovereign state. The fact that the Queen of Canada and the Queen of the United Kingdom are the same person is incidental.
Would you say UK is not _actually_ independent because it's a constitutional monarchy? If not so, why would Canada be any different?
- dleslie 10y agoThe Crown is the head of our State; all authority derives from our Sovereign. http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/House/compendium/web-content/c_d_rolecrowngovernorgeneral-e.htm http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/House/compendium/web-content/c_d...
- Coincoin 10y agoRead the page you just sent me. I challenge you to find any mention of any country other than Canada. Yes, Canada is a monarchy, yes, the Queen has the ultimate power in theory, but the head of state is the Queen of Canada, not the Queen of the UK. I'll repeat myself, them being both the same person is incidental, if you think the fact Canada being a monarchy means it's not independent, does that also mean the UK is not?
- dleslie 10y agoI think you're being overly reductive. The Queen of Canada and the Queen of the UK, being the same person who wields Sovereign authority over both, cannot be independent of herself.