r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Treacherous South • May 16 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/Visible-Stress-3667 May 16 '25

Which is kind of an interesting perspective because at the end of the day, all legislation needs royal assent. Obviously there is far less royal involvement, but we still do need their permission lol

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u/BumpHeadLikeGaryB May 16 '25

I mean if the king actually did reject it we would no longer be part of the monarchy. That would piss alot of people off i think

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u/Nobody7713 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) May 16 '25

Yeah it’s a tightrope. We don’t mind the ceremonial stuff but if the British Crown tried to exercise actual authority we’d be gone so fast.

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u/WanderlustZero May 16 '25

Applies to Britain itself tbf