Happy Canada Day!!

[1stdeadeye]

First: Canada Day was enacted to celebrate the enactment of the BNA.
Secondly: Deadeye is partially correct, American Independance was declaired in 1776, the BNA act was enacted in 1869 on July 1st. That's 93 yrs not 150. Anyways, we celebrate three days earlier. That's what counts! Additionally, our Constitution wasn't repatriated until 1982. Nobody asked or forced Canada out from anything.
Thirdly: All you "America Junior" twerps can kiss my hairy maple leaf tattooed ***!

I was referring to the 1930's when you were recognized as an independant country!

[Jeffy-CanCon]

I was referring to the 1930's when you were recognized as an independant country!

I'm impressed!


I didn't think anyone in the USA had ever heard of the (1931) Statute of Westminister. I'm pretty sure most Canadians have forgotten it, even.

But since you guys count from the Declaration of Independance in 1776, rather than Britain's assent in the Treaty of Paris (1783), I think we can stick with 1867.

[SlartyBartFast]

I was referring to the 1930's when you were recognized as an independant country!

Well, I'll agree with Jeffy.

The Statute of Westminster, 1931
The Statute of Westminster was the logical end of years of change and negotiation between Britain and her Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland). It made several key provisions:

British parliament could no longer nullify laws in the Dominions.

Dominions could make their own extra-territorial laws.

British law no longer applied to the Dominions.

Although Canada had already acted on her own in the past, the Statute of Westminster formally put external affairs under the authority of the federal government. Thus, when World War II began in 1939, Canada did not automatically go to war with Britain. As an independent nation, Canada declared war six days after the British.

[Note: Australia didn't ratify the statute until 1941 or 1942]

None of that excludes the independant nature of much of Canada's functioning before that date.

The above is from a sitee that should be obligatory reading for all Canadian students. [http://www.canadiana.org/citm/educat...udent3_e.html]