UK passport and dual citizenship

Postby Steven » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:36 pm

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stephaniehoffman wrote:they wouldnt give us Canadian citizens despite having their queen on our money any more rights in England than a Japanese would have coming to England.


Well that's not entirely true, because Commonwealth citizens can get a commonwealth visa to enter the UK temporarily for a year and plus there are the ancestry visas. Why the hell someone in Canada would want to move to the UK is the more relevant question. There's a reason everyone wanted to leave the UK and start an Empire.

I feel with this kind of no special deal, it would only make sense that Canada become a Republic. This way, the Quebeckers will have to stop bitching about English and French Canada and independence, as we will have then cut ties with England fully. Since the French in America didnt expect any special treatment from Americans when they declared their independence from Britian, and even allied the Americans on this cause, the Quebeckers will also have to stop wanting independence from rest of Canada, if the whole of Canada separated from the UK.


Canada will never become a republic for two reasons - the first is that it is seen as being a right-wing move especially in Ontario, because it makes Canada more like the US. The second reason why is that no-one wants to touch the subject with a 50-foot, sorry, 20 metre pole, because of the whole Québec situation. As soon as anyone starts talking about it seriously then the separatists in Québec start saying they want their own republic.

Basically a hornet's nest that Federal politicians steer well clear of.

I always thought it would be interesting to see what happened if Australia became a republic, but now Rupert Murdoch is too old to become President he seems to be steering all the media in Australia towards saying that it's a bad idea even though he was 100% for it until he got over the hill, so I doubt Australia will become a republic anytime soon either. Maybe if Charles becomes King, but even then I doubt it and the way he's going I reckon the Queen will outlive him. :lol:
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