That's a funny link to make. In Canada, the Queen is just a fun thingy; nothing anyone really needs, but a lot of people like having a royal that there is some kind of link to. It's not like anybody chose to have her anyway; she's just a historical relic that has not been gotten rid of (yet). In the meantime, no-one thinks of the Queen as Canada's head of state. That's the PM for all intents and purposes. For that matter, the Queen doesn't even get to sign laws: that's the Governor General. And Canada has plenty of identity a royal that's uniquely its own; or at least, Canadians do perceive their country as such.
Tsk tsk tsk... Câlice!
'Chase Contestant Jailed for Treason'
Off with your head then.
Not sure what you mean by 'it's not that simple'. Yes, the royal bit is woven through things in the way you write, as that's how the constitution is set up and how things were historically. But right now, none of that is actual functional. It doesn't make a difference that the RCMP has 'royal' in its name or that treaties are with the monarch. I don't think I denied any of that; I just said that the monarchie plays no active role in Canadian politics or society. Or do you see that differently?
Charge of the Light Brigade
Yes, that’s why I recommended them
Yes, that’s why I recommended them
Charge of the Light Brigade uses the Crimean War to make an anti-war message and to highlight the problems of the British military of the mid-19th century. It stars Trevor Howard and Venessa Redgrave.
Charge of the Light Brigade uses the Crimean War to make an anti-war message and to highlight the problems of the British military of the mid-19th century. It stars Trevor Howard and Venessa Redgrave.
Zulu Dawn stars Peter O’Toole and Burt Lancaster and is about the British defeat at Isandlwana and is a prequel to Zulu, which is about the defense of Rourke’s Drift and stars a young Michael Caine and an old Jack Hawkins.
Khartoum is about General Gordon and the Mahdi revolt and stars Lawrence Olivier and Charlton Heston. The Four Feathers is also about the Mahdist revolt, but the story is told from the perspective of a group of commoners rather than the leaders. There’s been 3 or 4 versions of this film made since the book came out in the 1900s.
The Man Who Would Be King is based on a Rudyard Kipling book about two British officers who attempt to set up a kingdom in Afghanistan. It stars Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Christopher Plummer.
The Secret Garden is based on a book by Frances Burnett about a girl brought to the UK from India in the early 1900s. The 1993 version of the film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The girl is an orphan so is brought to the UK to live with her uncle and so the story is on how their lives are changed by it all.
A Passage to India is based on a book by EM Forster and stars Peggy Ashcroft and Alec Guinness. It’s set in the British Raj between the world wars. It takes a hard look at the social issues in India and the Empire at that time... also... It was directed by David Lean, the same guy that made Lawrence of Arabia.
The Painted Veil is set in London, Singapore, and China and is based on a book by W.S. Maugham and stars Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. There’s also two older versions of this, one with Greta Garbo. The plot is about a couple’s troubled relationship but also about a cholera epidemic that broke out in 1930s China.
White Mughals sounds like it would make an great film if the right person did the adaptation. Kim could be an awesome film along the lines of 7 Years in Tibet (which is a film I love). I’d love to see that book adapted to film. There’s so many good storylines coming out of that era and that part of the British Empire that could make for amazing films, but instead we get the 9th sequel film of a superhero comic book.
Argh! He’d have done a good one, too. Love Fiennes work.
He could follow in the footsteps of the American, Ken Burns, and become a legend of documentary filmmaking.
I know she isn't, but at least she's visible in the country. Canada barely even gets royal visits, and so their visibility outside gossip is virtually zero.
Well, they would be extremely hard to negotiate, of course; but attitudes towards Indigenous Peoples are better now than they were a century ago and whenever else the current treaties were created, so I'd expect a better deal for them in the end. If any treaty could be concluded at all. Indigenous Peoples would (rightfully) probably want more than any government would now be willing to offer (due to current population spread and economic consequences; the usual lame arguments), so actually getting new treaties might turn out impossible.
