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Originally posted by lifesaver
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?
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Umm as far as i know the only person who can overrule the Governor General is the Queen herself. The common history is the reason for the connection to the British monarch. The majority of Canada's symbol's and traditions are traceable to England. The monarch granted us our indapendance, so there was never any animosity between the two nations. I guess in 1867 when the country was created as an independant nation, the fathers of confederation wished to keep the monarch, as a sign of the ties which they shared with England. She serves no real purpose in the present day, other than as a figure head.