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No, it's not irrelevent. It means that under the current constitution Canada is not free to alter the rules governing who is our head of state while a reciprocal arrangement does not exist for the UK. It also means that, due to the preamble to the ''Constitution Act 1867'' we are obligated to follow the UK's succession rules ie a foreign country determines who our head of state is. (And in case gbambino is still getting his preambles confused I am referring to the premable to the 1867 constitution, '''not''' the preamble to the Statute of Westminster.)[[User:Homeontherange|Andy]] 13:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
The 1867 Constitution reasserted the consitutional reality of the day, which was that Canada was under the jurisdiction of the UK Parliament. "Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" is obviously reinterpreted in light of the Statute of Westminster and the 1982 Constitution Act. Plus the fact that technically "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" no longer exists. Andy has already used, unsuccessfully, the exact same argument, based on the same 140-year old quotation taken out of context. [[User:Peter Grey|Peter Grey]] 14:48, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
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