The King should go to Ottawa and open parliament as a reminder to Trump who the head of state is
The news that the prime minister of Canada saw the King yesterday would not normally set the pulse racing, but we live in new times.
Let me go back a bit. As a young journalist in 1982, I remember being faintly perturbed by the Canada Act of that year. This “patriated” the Canadian Constitution, getting rid of the last vestiges of British power over Canadian affairs. It came into effect just after Argentina had invaded the Falkland Islands. I sensed it might be a bad idea.
The Act was perfectly logical, however. It was the final step in the emergence of Canada as an entirely independent country.
I think Charles would receive a warm reception but not overwhelming adulation. The Firm ain’t what it used to be.
