# Canada's Relationship to Britain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-relationship-to-britain/6318>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 1999, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-relationship-to-britain/6318 "1999-10-29T10:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-relationship-to-britain/6318/41 "2000-01-18T21:10:00Z")

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If anyone is up on current Canadian events, the Prime Minister recently declined a Royal Order (or title, or something the like) to a leading Canadian newspaper tycoon (arch-conservative egomaniac, to some). Seems that the Royal Hand doesn’t carry so much weight around here anymore.

Kylen

ps. I like the idea of a royal family under our system - kind of like a hood ornament on a Caddy…

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**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-relationship-to-britain/6318/42 "2000-01-18T21:19:00Z")

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Yes, Mozamique joined the Commonwealth. Which means they have the spot that should rightfully be held by the U.S.! After all, the U.S. is the only ex-British colony not in the Commonwealth.

Okay, I bet there are some other ex-British colonies not in the Commonwealth, but I can’t remember them offhand, and it would interfere with my impression of an angry Yanq.  
[http://search.excite.com/relocate/sr=webresult](http://search.excite.com/relocate/sr=webresult%7Css=%2BMozambique+colonial+history+Commonwealth%7Cid=35591267;http://www.tcol.co.uk/news/mar96/mar96_2a.htm)

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Any similarity in the above text to an English word or phrase is purely coincidental.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-relationship-to-britain/6318/43 "2000-01-18T23:12:00Z")

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Burma (Myanmar) is a former British coloney that declined to join the Commonwealth on independence.

The Republic of Ireland is no longer a member. When it became independent, under the name the Irish Free State, it was a member, and is listed as one of the original Dominions in the _Statute of Westminster, 1930_. When it adopted its current constitution (sometime in the 30s, I believe), it ceased to be a member.

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and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe

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