A few more thoughts on the collapse of U.S.-Canadian trade negotiations and...
  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Technically, Canada was a vassal of the UK until fairly recently.

    No they absolutely weren’t. Commonwealth only worked to promote cooperation between member states. It was not like it had any real power over any of the member states.

    For all practical purposes, the Brits haven’t held sovereignty over Canada in ages.

    No because if they tried, it wouldn’t work. Which makes Canada NOT a vassal state. And it wasn’t not even in theory.

    • nednobbins@lemmy.zip
      12·
      7 days ago

      No they absolutely weren’t. Commonwealth only worked to promote cooperation between member states. It was not like it had any real power over any of the member states.

      How would you categorize the status of Canada vis a vis Britain before the Balfour declaration?

      No because if they tried, it wouldn’t work. Which makes Canada NOT a vassal state. And it wasn’t not even in theory.

      Do you realize that’s exactly what, “For all practical purposes…” means?