Technically, Canada was a vassal of the UK until fairly recently. The laws dismantling that technicality started in 1926 and were mostly finalized in 1982. They still have an odd vestige of that where the Canadia monarch is defined as whoever happens to be the British monarch at the time.
For all practical purposes, the Brits haven’t held sovereignty over Canada in ages.
While the US was never officially Canada’s suzerain, the vast differences in economies, militaries, and populations mean that diplomatic and trade negotiations are tilted in the favor of the US.
The whole advantage of soft power over hard power is that it enforces vassalage without looking like it’s enforcing vassalage.
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.
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?
It depends on how pedantic we want to get.
Technically, Canada was a vassal of the UK until fairly recently. The laws dismantling that technicality started in 1926 and were mostly finalized in 1982. They still have an odd vestige of that where the Canadia monarch is defined as whoever happens to be the British monarch at the time.
For all practical purposes, the Brits haven’t held sovereignty over Canada in ages.
While the US was never officially Canada’s suzerain, the vast differences in economies, militaries, and populations mean that diplomatic and trade negotiations are tilted in the favor of the US.
The whole advantage of soft power over hard power is that it enforces vassalage without looking like it’s enforcing vassalage.
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.
No because if they tried, it wouldn’t work. Which makes Canada NOT a vassal state. And it wasn’t not even in theory.
How would you categorize the status of Canada vis a vis Britain before the Balfour declaration?
Do you realize that’s exactly what, “For all practical purposes…” means?
Not relevant, that’s 109 years ago.
Right. I forgot that Americans think anything older than 100 years is ancient history.
And that is relevant how?