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Originally Posted by NotSteve
This time out I got to know a lot of Canadian drivers and always wanted to know something so I asked. What do you think of England ruling your country and if the Queen came down with some new law you didn't like.
Correction, Steve....England doesn't rule our country : we do. We have our own laws and charters, which no Brit can interfere with. The Queen, or rather the British Parliament, can come up with whatever law they may want, but that can't be applicable to us, for the simple reason that the Brits don't make our laws, nor do they govern us, nor are we answerable to them in any way, shape, or form.
We do, however, have what is called "Dominion Status", which means that being a one-time british colony, and also since we're not a republic ( we don't have a President, but a Prime Minister ), for nostalgic reasons we consider the British Monarch to be the ceremonial or rubber-stamp head of state, like countries like Australia and NZ, but unlike countries like India, which, despite being an erstwhile British colony, is a republic since independence, and to whom the Queen means nothing.
And to be honest, I was actually quite surprised to read your statement "England ruling your country", coming as it does from a purportedly educated guy like you. I can only hope that you had your tongue firmly in your cheek !!