Posted on 11/19/2011 8:16:43 PM PST by Tainan
UNTIL the deaths last week of four Canadian soldiers accidentally killed by a US warplane in Afghanistan, probably almost no one outside their home country had been aware that Canadian troops were deployed in the region. And as always, Canada will now bury its dead, just as the rest of the world as always will forget its sacrifice, just as it always forgets nearly everything Canada ever does.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
A Candiian once told me there was no such thing as a Canadian patriot. I found that hard to believe, but he swore it was true.
what a load of nonsense
How nonsense? Canada still has the Queen on coinage, still pays homage with Queen’s visits, still calls things “Royal” this&that w/o benefit of its own border-bound king or queen. Never mind its not-so-distant history of doing what the UK says to do. Can you deny that?
I call it as I see it. Sorry if I don’t have all the info, but what I have says “not truly independent”.
Post #27 proves you wrong.
That goes without saying . You , and those like you , know nothing of the British North America Acts 1867–1975 , the Constitution of Canada or the Statute of Westminster 1931 .
The Queen is a figure head . She has no power in Canada and is respected for the traditions she brings to Canada . She graces our dollar . Beats a dead guy any day.
Just showing respect for our founding traditions...kinda like the way you folks honour your George Washington’s Abe lincoln’s Daniel Boone’s, Paul Reveres and Davey Crockett’s et al. Unfortunately, not unlike yourself, many of our southern cousins prefer to accept stereotypical myths over historical reality, they are far more interesting. Having said that, many thanks for showing an interest in Canadian affairs, we sincerely appreciate the fact you took the time to make a comment. We are sensitive to the fact that many americans show little or no interest beyond the northern border.
Exactly. If she is a non-resident non-native she should not be on your currency. It doesn’t make any sense.
I’m aware of the years you mention, at least to some extent. Apparently you’re forgetting 1982. It’s only pretty recently all powers of the UK parliament over Canada were dumped.
1 more step to go.
Incidentally, we’ve had more than dead (native, resident) people on our currency. In the past it was mostly symbolic women (I’m a casual numismatist).
As I’m sure you know all about US history and geography and the like. I don’t fault non-US people for that. We can’t all know everything. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know a little something and it could be correct.
Listen, honestly I have nothing against Canada, per se. I’m simply expressing an honest opinion that perhaps Canada is “forgotten” because - well, it was basically not fully its own country for the vast majority of its history. Britain learned its lesson and no more did it get overly tyrannical with its own brethern-based colonists, rather letting gradual independence grow.
All over Mauritania and Paraguay and Bhutan and Nauru people are reading this and saying (in their respective languages), "Dang, they forgot about us -- again!"
ROFL
we have been our own country since 1867. fought in two world wars under our own flag and left over 100,000 dead on the battlefield. we chose to retain our strong ties to the mother country whereas the u.s.a. chose not to. It is important to remember that american colonists who remained loyal to england during your revolution moved to canada and were our founders and primary nation builders. my ancestors immigrated north from pennsylvania and pioneered the settlement of alberta in the late 1890’s and today i have a son and 4 grandkids in new jersey. our two countries are connected at the hip economically and culturally. do a little more research and i think you will be a little less myoptic. we manage the second largest piece of real estate on the planet are your largest trading partner, you may think we are forgotten, but believe me, the rest of the world knows who the hell we are.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada
Than you should read a little more. Their duties went well beyond convoy security and included Taliban hunting on the front lines and bomb disposal.
My apologies ... I read your statement as if it was meant to be sarcastic.
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