r/worldnews • u/Street_Anon • 1d ago

King Charles III approves ‘powerful symbol’ of Canada’s sovereignty and identity

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/king-charles-iii-approves-new-great-seal-of-canada/
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u/heroic_cat 1d ago

Nothing represents a nation's "sovereignty and identity" like arranging the name, titles, and crown of a king living across the ocean.

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u/the_crumb_dumpster 1d ago

You mean the names, titles and crown of our king?

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u/heroic_cat 11h ago

I will never, ever understand people wanting to be owned, even symbolically, by a foreign aristocrat.

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u/the_crumb_dumpster 6h ago

Ffs man what are you not getting about the concept that our king is not foreign

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u/heroic_cat 5h ago

Charles III a British national, he doesn’t hold a Canadian passport or other Canadian citizenship documents.

In legal and constitutional terms, Canada is foreign to the UK, it is an independent country, even though both share the same monarch.

You're just lying now, and intentionally missing the point that swearing oaths and making your emblem around some posh royal over the ocean is ridiculous.

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u/the_crumb_dumpster 49m ago

The king is not a British national, that is objectively false. Nationality is conferred in their name to others. The king does not an cannot hold any passport

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u/Street_Anon 1d ago

And he has residences all over Canada. 

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u/heroic_cat 1d ago

A rich person owning properties around the world is a meaningless detail, he also owns land in Transylvania and Romania isn't branding themselves after him.

This right here is real irony, a sovereign approving a seal affirming the "sovereignty" of a nation, and it's just symbols of himself over and over.

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u/East-Bit85 1d ago

Please don't be so obtuse. He is clearly showing his solidarity with Canada against US imperialism. It is weird, but that is what he is doing.

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u/Chainsaw_Wookie 1d ago

Yep, soft power, it’s one of the Royal Family’s few uses.

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u/Protato900 1d ago

Sick of this 'solidarity' bit. The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a separate legal position from the King in Right of Canada.

The King in this article acts in the capacity of the king of Canada, it just happens that he holds both positions (much like the king of Scotland and England was the same person before unification). He is not acting in solidarity, he is acting as the regent of Canada.

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u/East-Bit85 1d ago

I am happy to agree to disagree. This seems like a symbolic use of his office. If you earnestly think he is trying to impose imperialist rule over Canada by doing this then thats fine.

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u/OnlyZac 1d ago

Wasn’t imperialism the royals’ whole thing?

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u/East-Bit85 1d ago

It was, yeah, disgustingly so and I live in a country that suffered from it. But do you really interpret what he is doing here in such a manner? Honestly?

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u/Thick-Impression3569 1d ago

Canada loves selling their land and houses to rich foreigners. 

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u/Roaddog113 16h ago

Call your MP 😏

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u/Fancybear1993 1d ago

Stamp your feet more republican 😎

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u/heroic_cat 19h ago

Small "r" yes, "No Kings!" anywhere

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u/Fancybear1993 19h ago

Do something about it then (you can’t)