Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:32 PM 12/24/1999 -0500, Dan Cardish wrote: >But, we still have the Queen's picture on our money, and we still have >Governor Generals, and Throne Speeches at the beginning of our Parlimentary >sessions. Well, sure: Canada is still a Dominion (I realize the term "Dominion" is little heard these days, but it is still the official title!) and is still a monarchy who shares its monarch with the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of other nations. That didn't change -- but the Canadian government has appointed the Governor-General for the past half-century (I believe FM Earl Alexander of Tunis was the last Governor-General nominated by the British), they have designed their own currency for the past century and even took Canada out of the Sterling system before the First World War, and so forth. The British no longer have a presence in Canadian governance, though their monarch does. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!