• blame [they/them]
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    15 hours ago

    From a purely technical perspective you're right. But in reality the british crown does not negotiate for Canada. Canada is essentially sovereign but maintains some more or less ceremonial ties to the british crown.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      1 hour ago

      It's not ceremonial. The Crown legally owns 89% of Canadian land. She (her representative) holds the power to appoint government and to dissolve it entirely. The Governor General is appointed by the monarch and also has the power to add up to 8 additional senators of their choice.

      More importantly, they can dismiss any sitting leader they want to. This power was the one used in Australia when Whitlam was removed, which is colloquially referred to here on Hexbear as the time Australia was couped by the CIA.

      These things are played down and scoffed about as "ceremonial" because they are rarely used powers. But they ARE powers, very very strong ones.