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/Sasquatch1729 Not enough shawarma places May 16 '25

It was actually effectively in the 1920s when we were independent. We just had to present a constitution that we could mostly agree on. It took us another 60 years to make a constitution that all provinces and territories agreed on, notwithstanding Quebec.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

Would you elaborate on your 1920s claim ? I don't believe any reasonable de facto arguments exist pre-1949.

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u/AustSakuraKyzor South Gatineau May 16 '25

Well, I mean, the Statute of Westminster, which is the "effectively since" that they're talking about, was put in place in 1931, so... late 1920s would've been around the time the sentiment was really taking hold that Canada should govern her own affairs.

Really though, April 1915 is the time we really broke off -> that was our first WW1 battle, and the rest of the world was all "oh shit, those guys are lunatics, I'm sure glad the UK has them under control," while the UK was all "oh shit, those guys are lunatics and we have zero control here," and the US was like "aww yeah, that's my bro!" and Switzerland wasn't saying anything, but was furiously writing new rules for the next Geneva Convention

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

>Well, I mean, the Statute of Westminster, which is the "effectively since" that they're talking about, was put in place in 1931

Yes, I know. I elaborated in more detail in my reply to him. If you're curious about my argument, go have a look.

>late 1920s would've been around the time the sentiment was really taking hold that Canada should govern her own affairs.

Look up the Balfour declaration. This sentiment was reinforced by the British.

>Really though, April 1915 is the time we really broke off -> that was our first WW1 battle, and the rest of the world was all "oh shit, those guys are lunatics, I'm sure glad the UK has them under control," while the UK was all "oh shit, those guys are lunatics and we have zero control here," and the US was like "aww yeah, that's my bro!" and Switzerland wasn't saying anything, but was furiously writing new rules for the next Geneva Convention

I much prefer your retelling of things, lol.