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  2. Secessionist movements of Canada - Wikipedia

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    There is a secessionist movement in Newfoundland and Labrador based on its unique history, and as a result of its grievances and broken promises with both the federal government and the government of Quebec. Prior to 1949, the area was a self-governing Dominion (Dominion of Newfoundland). "The root of our trouble is centred in the relationship ...

  3. Canadian order of precedence - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing, but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol. The Department of Canadian Heritage issues a Table of Precedence for Canada, [1] which does not include members of the royal family, save ...

  4. Monarchy of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The monarchy of Canada is Canada's form of government embodied by the Canadian sovereign and head of state. It is one of the key components of Canadian sovereignty and sits at the core of Canada's constitutional federal structure and Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. [6] The monarchy is the foundation of the executive (King-in-Council ...

  5. List of Canadian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    However, some sources, instead, put this date at 1535, when the word Canada was first used to refer to the French colony of Canada, [21] which was founded in the name of King Francis I. [22] [23] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. [28]

  6. Governor General of Canada - Wikipedia

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    e. The governor general of Canada (French: gouverneure générale du Canada) [ n 1 ] is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III. The king or queen of Canada is also monarch and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and lives in the United Kingdom. The monarch, on the advice of his or her Canadian ...

  7. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Wikipedia

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    Her position in the line of succession diminished over the following decades as Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were born. During the Second World War, the two sisters stayed at Windsor Castle despite suggestions to evacuate them to Canada. During the war years, Margaret was too young to perform official duties and continued her ...

  8. Images of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Network. CBC Television. Release. 21 March 1972. ( 1972-03-21) –. 27 October 1976. ( 1976-10-27) Images of Canada was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television occasionally from 1972 to 1976.

  9. Group of Seven (artists) - Wikipedia

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    The Group of Seven, once known as the Algonquin School, was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933, with "a like vision". [1] It originally consisted of Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Lawren Harris (1885–1970), A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), Frank Johnston (1888–1949), Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), J. E. H. MacDonald ...