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?
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?