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:Dunno. It's not the sort of thing that gets whispered from person to person. ("Hey, did you know that Canada's part of Great Britain? And there was this guy who got his kidneys stolen!") From the discussions I've had with foreigners, Americans mostly, I'd call it more of a vague misconception ("I'm not really sure - is Canada part of the UK? How does that thing with the Queen work anyway?") - [[User:Montrealais|Montréalais]]

!!!!! Canada is an independent nation and no it is not part of Great Britain. Canada is part of the British Commonwhealth, consisting of former British Colonies. Canada and the United Kingdom though do share the same monarch, but the monarch has no power in Canada and is largely cermonial. But again, Canada and the United Kingdom are not part of each other, Canada has no more power over the UK than the UK has over Canada. The only ones that can make decesions for Canada are Canadians who elect thier government themselves!!!!!!

:: Well, speaking as an American, I can't say I've ever encountered anyone who didn't know that Canada was an independent country. [[user:soulpatch|soulpatch]]

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:::: From the Canadian encyclopedia: "In 1990 the Liberal dominated Senate effectively blocked plans of the Conservative government to pass the legislation for the unpopular GST. This led PM Brian Mulroney to use his power to add 8 senators in order to ensure passage of the legislation in 1990." The FTA was passed in 1988 and NAFTA was passed in 1993, neither had the enlarged senate at the time of thier passing. I'm afraid your Canadian friends might be misremembering. [[User:SimonP|SimonP]] 00:15 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I'm a Canadian and I can tell you that the government never used the 8 senators to pass the NAFTA agreement, the conservative government at the time used that crap power to pass the GST Tax, on another note, that is what caused the once largest majority government in Canadian history, to fall to just two seats in the next election. Ah, democracy works.

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