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28 Jul 2008, 2:54 pm

tcorrielus wrote:
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It should be the law, but no, Canada is a free democratic country, I wish I would have learned french because I was in french immersion, but failed badly, was hard enough learning english being dyslexic.


If Canada is a free democratic country, then why is Queen Elizabeth II from Britain in charge of or responsible for the Canadian government?


Queen Elizabeth in charge of the government? Hahaha...

She doesn't do much except attend ceremonies actually. They say we're just a monarchy in name only.



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28 Jul 2008, 3:02 pm

tcorrielus wrote:

If Canada is a free democratic country, then why is Queen Elizabeth II from Britain in charge of or responsible for the Canadian government?


Shes not. Functionally she takes no part in law making/governing, Effectively, if she tried to make some decree, it would hold no weight or it would cause an embarrassment.

And if you look at England, shes not much more than a figure head there either. Do you really think Britain is not a democracy as well?


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