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Canada's Autonomy Analysis
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Dec 15/10 There are many events that have sculpted Canada’s autonomy through our history and created the independent nation we live in today. Before and during the First World War Canada did everything Britain said because we were under their BNA act. However, in 1922 after the war, Britain and Turkey were fighting over the British controlled port of Chanak. When Britain told Canada to come fight with them, instead of saying yes, Prime Minister King said we would take it to Parliament and have a vote. Fortunately, the dispute ended before anyone had to go to war. The following year, Canada and America created a treaty that protected

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