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King Charles Undercuts Canada’s Sovereignty While Trying to Affirm It
PJ Media ^ | 05/27/25 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 05/27/2025 8:23:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

By all accounts, King Charles III’s major address on Tuesday in Ottawa was meant to be a rebuke to Donald Trump and all his taunts about Canada becoming a 51st state if it had to depend on money from the U.S. in order to survive. Yet when Charles finally delivered his highly anticipated address, he ended up undercutting Canadian sovereignty more than supporting it.

Letting Trump have it was the whole point of Charles’ trip: AP reported Friday that Charles was “coming to Canada to deliver a message: Canada is a sovereign nation distinct from the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor prompted new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne on Tuesday where he will lay out the Canadian government’s agenda when Parliament reopens.”

Yeah, this was really a great idea from the beginning: show Orange Man Bad that you’re a sovereign state by reminding the world that you’re a part of an international conglomeration of former British colonies under the sovereignty of the English king. But when he actually spoke on Tuesday, Charles made it even worse.

King Charles III in Canada: "I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people. This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation." pic.twitter.com/oy6iN1kDy9— captive dreamer (@avaricum777) May 27, 2025

The monarch started out well enough, offering some boilerplate about how “we witness Canadians coming together in a renewed sense of national pride, unity and hope.”

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Right after mentioning Canada’s national pride and unity, however, Charles sharply reversed course, saying: “I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people. This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation. While continuing to deepen my own understanding, it is my great hope that in each of your communities, and collectively as a country, a path is found toward truth and reconciliation, in both word and deed.”

Message: Charles is woke. And it really isn’t significantly deeper than that for Charles himself, but the implications of what he said went far beyond what he likely intended. Charles was just affirming that he was a standard-issue 21st-century leftist, full of guilt for colonialism and likely for white supremacy as well, despite never actually having indulged in either one.

1 posted on 05/27/2025 8:23:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So stupid.


2 posted on 05/27/2025 8:26:35 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Bigg Red

3 posted on 05/27/2025 8:30:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
If Canada were run correctly, the indian tribes would each send an emissary. This emissary will kneel before the throne. They will offer Charles beads, trinkets, and precious metal and ornaments as tribute to their monarch.

4 posted on 05/27/2025 8:32:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Don’t forget beaver pelts and walrus tusks.


5 posted on 05/27/2025 8:36:09 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Bigg Red

Chuck has always run on half a brain. Inbreeding does that.


6 posted on 05/27/2025 8:45:33 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Veto!

I think he’s probably just reading a speech that the Canadian PM’s office wrote for him. The Royals aren’t really allowed to express their own opinions, especially not on state occasions.


7 posted on 05/27/2025 8:48:51 PM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: SeekAndFind

Charles is not the king of Canada. Donald Trump is.


8 posted on 05/27/2025 9:13:45 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Veto!

If Chuckles had another half a brain he’d be a half-wit.


9 posted on 05/27/2025 9:20:03 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: SeekAndFind

A long-ago acquaintance of mine is a minister in the United Church of Canada. Wondering what had become of him, I googled his name and found some sermons on YouTube that he had delivered during COVID. He started every one with the “unceded land” statement. Do people do this a lot in Canada?

I can picture friends meeting:

Hiya, Bob. How’s it going, eh?

I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on unceded territory....


10 posted on 05/27/2025 9:23:00 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: SeekAndFind

They repeat this meaningless silly mantra at even some college events and public lectures. It apparently makes some silly wokesters feel better with their low self- esteem problems.

Pretty much 90 percent of the audience just cringes their way past it. It only wastes a minute or two.

Interestingly, many of these public self- flagellation events fail to play or sing the national anthem.


11 posted on 05/27/2025 9:34:40 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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RE: Charles is not the king of Canada. Donald Trump is.

I wish people ( including Trump ) would quit all these talk of making Canada the 51st state.

It’s IMPRACTICAL and NOT VIABLE. What started out as a troll on Justin Trudeau has now become a serious topic of discussion ( sadly ).


12 posted on 05/27/2025 9:35:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The dimmest bulb in the royal family and his mistress sitting next to him is not far behind.


13 posted on 05/27/2025 9:43:44 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: SeekAndFind

Canada and South Africa are both London-Brussels woke, globalist satraps


14 posted on 05/27/2025 9:56:49 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Midwesterner53

I think his youngest son may be the dimmest.


15 posted on 05/27/2025 9:56:57 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: SeekAndFind

Charles was never the sharpest knife in the drawer.


16 posted on 05/27/2025 10:08:30 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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At least we know where Harry gets it from.


17 posted on 05/27/2025 10:23:56 PM PDT by Jean2
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Harry’s horse training father isn’t that bright either.


18 posted on 05/28/2025 12:07:37 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented a pen that can write underwater. And other words. )
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To: Veto!

“Inbreeding does that.”
True. Charles is an eccentric cuckoo bird.
Most of the royalty in Europe is inbred too.
No wonder they’re messed up, hysterical creatures.


19 posted on 05/28/2025 12:07:43 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Just liberals. Liberals will gladly sacrifice the entire human race to Assange their guilt. However, the day everybody meets at the volcano to throw themselves into it to make amends, the liberal will be absent.


20 posted on 05/28/2025 12:08:59 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented a pen that can write underwater. And other words. )
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