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Originally posted by CanadianTeke
The Queen is on half the money, because for a long time her predecessors ruled half the world. As for the first question, the countries are autonomous, they make their own decisions, and operate without control or input from Great Britain. However the Queen is the figurehead of the nation. In Canada her, or her representative here (the Governor General) signs all bills into law and makes everything official. That being said, it is rare to non existent occassion that the Governor General/Soverign will veto a bill. The reason she exists is that historicaly the nations were ruled by Great Britain and unlike American Independance it was granted, not won in battle. So the ties to the UK still exist in the member countries.
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I am not being argumentative, just trying to understand a different system. Why would a country want a foriegn leader to be their ultimate leader? Is it becasue there is such a common history between the two that a situation would never arise where the two would disagree? Is there a way to overrule the veto of the Governor General?