• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
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    That’s OK, Canada has enough eggs on its own I think.

    If not, I guess it’s finally time to get a few chickens! We’ve been meaning to anyhow.

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    I’m sorry if it’s a dumb question but It’s honest, Isn’t canada somewhat under UK still? Wouldn’t tbe US have problems with UK too if they keep pushing? Have no horse on this race, just asking coz I’m dumb

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      Not really. They’re part of the Commonwealth, an association of former British colonial possessions, and “recognize” the British monarch as their own monarch. The monarch (King Charles, currently) has a representative in Canada known as the Governor General. They do a ton of stuff like appoint Prime Minister, heads of the Provinces, dissolving parliament, etc.

      However they almost exclusively can only act when asked to by Parliament or the Prime Minister. They also do ceremonial stuff. They do have some emergency power however it’s never been used in the post-independence era.

      Basically no, not really. King Charles (King of Canada) could technically try and like dissolve the parliament or something but it would cause a constitutional crisis that would probably just end up removing the whole Canadian Monarchy thing.

      But they are strong allies.

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        Am Canadian, I have wondered this as well – could we ask the UK and rest of Commonwealth to help us out if things get too bad? I hope so… but I don’t think there is any obligation to come to our defense ala NATO if things get shooty.

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      They’re supposed to. I have no idea aside from logistics why we still have the monarchy. King Charles ain’t doing shit.