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YAC(Canada)T: Why does Canada still love England...

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Al Neri

Diamond Member
Is Canada "free"...?

I always thought so...

but:
Why is their Royal Anthem: God Save the Queen
Why is their head of state: Queen Elizabeth II of the UK
Why do they have British figureheads on their moneys

etc.

please add canadian questions you always wanted to know, so the Canadian AT members can answer!

 
The national anthem, if that's what you meant, is not God Save The Queen.

We're a pretty young country which never followed with the dramatic breaking away from the homeland like the United States. The inclusion of the monarchy lets us keep with traditions from the past.

Is Britain "free"...? What a silly question.
 
Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
No, their Royal Anthem, courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/canada


and i never asked if Britain was free, I asked if Canada was free if they're still showing signs of British rule
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Not really showing signs of rule really, just ties to Britain. Most of the Commonwealth countries still have some remnants of British influence, like the Queen on currency.
 
...and one of the first things a regieme does when they take over a country is put their figureheads on the currency... interesting!
 
I like the Queen. She's a hell of a lady.

As to your question(s)... hmm

Yes we're free. Personally I view the ties to Britain as more symbolic than anything. Obviously we're a soveriegn country. Good times to be had here IMHO.
 
Doesn't the queen have virtually no power whatsoever in england? Whats the big deal if canada still pays a bit of homage to england in a somewhat intangible way.

Also, you ask this question like england is abusing canada or something.
 
We're part of the Commonwealth just like Austrailia, we are 100% independent and under no obligation to Great Britan what so-ever as represented in our absence from Iraq. However we didn't really achive this state of whatever you want to call it till the 70's.
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Doesn't the queen have virtually no power whatsoever in england?
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Actually, she's a master of judo and kung-fu. She comes into the houses of parliament and kicks tony's ass if he does something she's p!ssed about...


yeah... she doesn't really do anything to be honest.

 
Originally posted by: loic2003
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Doesn't the queen have virtually no power whatsoever in england?
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Actually, she's a master of judo and kung-fu. She comes into the houses of parliament and kicks tony's ass if he does something she's p!ssed about...


yeah... she doesn't really do anything to be honest.
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Yeah, I always thought england had it down with that system. Parliament does all the real work...but all the masses can worship the impotent monarchy to their hearts content without actually screwing anything up.

Over here all the idolisation gets dumped onto the president, so even when he's screwing everyone loves them. Trouble is, the president actually is suppose to be...you know, competent and such.
 
Originally posted by: Firsttime
We're part of the Commonwealth just like Austrailia, we are 100% independent and under no obligation to Great Britan what so-ever as represented in our absence from Iraq. However we didn't really achive this state of whatever you want to call it till the 70's.
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technically, our head of state is the Queen and her representative in canada the governor general, however, that's something which is a hold-over from commonwealth days and any legislation is simply rubber-stamped by the GG (who has the power, technically, to overturn it)

from the outside it does look like we hold rather strong commonwealth roots but truly canadians are rather split on whether the monarchy is a positive or negative factor in canadian politics. There are definately perks to being a commonwealth country - parliamentary system, common law, shared ties with other commonwealth nations; it really all adds up to a rather complete picture of where canada came from; not where it is heading.

it's nice to be an independant nation; just as the united states is. Think of canada as the older brother who still talks to its parents after recieving an education while the little brother US ran away at 16 and never calls home - both are from the same origins, just one prefers to have a modified identity than its parents rather than rebel and start a radically different one.

why does the US use an Imperial system (like the UK) while Canada is metric? answer me that! 😛
 
Britian granted us our freedom from them after WW1. We show respect to the monarch by keeping them as the figurehead in our nation. We did not have to rebel for our freedom so we no disrespect for the nation that had us before.

 
Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
Is Canada "free"...?

I always thought so...

but:
Why is their Royal Anthem: God Save the Queen
Why is their head of state: Queen Elizabeth II of the UK
Why do they have British figureheads on their moneys

etc.

please add canadian questions you always wanted to know, so the Canadian AT members can answer!
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You're a dumbass, go crawl back under the ignorant rock you came out from under.
 
Nice little PM I got
Date Posted: 12/01/2005 11:49 AM From RyanSengara


You're a fvcking moron.

1) For being a stupid, ignorant ******.
2) For trusting Wikipedia over a REAL encyclopedia.
3) For getting ALL of the facts wrong.
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haha, touchy?

mmm... temper, temper!

all of my facts are wrong? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
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