The last time the Queen opened the Canadian parliament, the prime minister was Pierre Trudeau, his father Justin, Star wars It has just been released in cinemas, a car called “The Personal Computer debuted in stores,” Jimmy Carter was president, and Donald Trump was a novice real estate promoter that did not build anything on Manhattan.
On Tuesday, the king of England discovered a completely different panorama compared to that October 1977, when Queen Elizabeth made her official speech as the head of the state of Canada in Ottawa. The monarch read the speech, written mainly by the Canadian government, with a message that sounded to confirm the national identity against Trump’s threats.
“The government will fulfill its obligation to protect the Canadians and their sovereign rights to any problems inside or outside,” he said in a speech in English and French, two official languages of Canada. This message said this in both languages. In French, he emphasized that, protecting the “sovereignty” of the country, the government will strengthen the armed forces among its priorities for a new legislative body.
He also suggested that Canada look for new allies away from the United States.
“The relations of Canadians with their partners are changing. Many Canadians are nervous and concerned about the changes around them, but this is an incredible opportunity to update … Canada is ready to build a coalition of countries that share their values that create in international cooperation and free and open exchange of goods, services and ideas, ”said Carlos III.
Several times he emphasized the importance of free trade, international assistance and the value of a multicultural society. The king emphasized the “unique identity” of Canada and, in particular, the mentioned indigenous peoples and asked for “the path to reconciliation in words and facts.” He also insisted that Canada is “free and strong”.
Monarchy in Canada
The invitation to Carlos III, determining the new Prime Minister Mark Carney, was already exceptional. Since 1977, the charge of the discourse was followed by a representative of the British crown as a pure formality in a country where only a minority wants to support the relic of the monarchy. Canada is one of the countries less prone to the crown of 15 Commonwealth, which retain it with ceremonial functions, but the support of the British monarch as the head of state has increased in recent months, according to the March survey.
A wave of certain sympathy Carlos coincides with Trump’s insistent statements that he wants to turn Canada into the “51st state” of the United States into what it seems to be just more provocative – there are no traces that have plans for an anxia of a neighboring country, which, among other things, brought the cornie, the liberal party of treudo in April. Carny spent part of his career in the UK, where he studied and was the governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.
Protective gesture
The invitation of carbon to King Carlos is interpreted as a protective gesture against Trump, which is especially interested in the royal authority.
In February, British Prime Minister Keir Starkmer tried to praise Trump in the oval office with the help of an invitation from the king to the state’s second visit -he received one in his first mandate. The Prime Minister of the Labor has enthusiastically called a letter to the President of the United States for mockery or embarrassment of his citizens, which were very critical of Trump. This happened a few days before Trump and his vice -president of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who was accepted after Carlos in his residence on the outskirts of London, entered.
Trump suggested that his official visit to the United Kingdom will be in September, but neither the British government nor the Buckingham Palace confirmed this.
During his two -day visit to Canada, Carlos III and his wife Camil met with representatives of the indigenous peoples and visited the hockey party. The king planted a tree and was received in a Senate with cannon firing, drums and violins after a parade of horsepower.
The song to Canadian traditions has been repeated in recent months. In an attempt to mark the distance with the southern neighbor, Carney insists on the distinctive identity of his country, “built on the basis of three villages, indigenous, French and British,” he said in March.
Unlike Starmer, he was stupid even in front of Trump, or in his protection of the sovereignty of Canada, as in his refusal of tariffs.
The President of the United States did not call the Prime Minister of Canada the “governor” as he did with Justin Trudeau.