King Carlos III and Queen Camila of the United Kingdom begin on Monday a two -day visit to Canada that the authorities of this country scheduled in response to the threats of annexation of the president of the United States (EU), Donald Trump.
Carlos III, who is also constitutionally the Canadian monarch although his functions as head of state of the North American country are carried out by the governor general, will pronounce on Tuesday in the Canadian Parliament the so -called discourse of the throne.
It is only the third time in the history of Canada that the British monarch reads the text with which the new parliamentary session is officially inaugurated and in which the Canadian government sketches its objectives for the legislature.
The previous two occasions were in 1957 and 1977 when Queen Elizabeth II, mother of the current monarch, pronounced in those two years the discourse of the throne.
Both moments had an outstanding meaning: in 1957 it was during the first official visit to Canada de la Monarch that had reached the throne in 1952; and that of 1977 was held to mark his silver jubilee, after 25 years as queen of the United Kingdom and Canada.
Beyond these exceptions, the usual thing is that the discourse of the throne is read by the governor general, a position that the indigenous leader Mary Simon occupies.
But Donald Trump has forced the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to request Carlos III to make an appearance in the Canadian Parliament despite the fact that the monarch is in treatment for un specified cancer.
Since the end of 2024, Trump has insisted on his desire to annex Canada to make the country number 51. And on January 7, when a journalist asked him if he would be willing to use the military force to submit Canada, Trump replied: “No, the economic force.”
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Trump also considers that the border between the two countries is an “artificial line” drawn “many years ago with a rule” and that Canada could not survive if it were not for the “subsidies” of the US.
What was in principle a joke of bad taste aimed at provoking the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has become a growing concern for Canadians.
At the beginning of May, when Carney announced the visit of Carlos III to read the discourse of the throne, the prime minister said that “this historical honor is up to the importance of our time.”
“Canada has a firm defender in our sovereign,” added Carney.
For his part, Simon said: “Our Canadian identity is deeply rooted in our Constitution, and this visit highlights the last -relationship between Canada and the Crown.”
The academic Philippe Lagassé, an expert in the British monarchy and his constitutional relationship with Canada, recently said that the presence of Carlos III in the Canadian Parliament confronts the narrative that Trump is trying to impose.
“The existence of Canada has been questioned by the president of the United States. The presence of the sovereign, the personification of the Canadian State, to open the Federal Legislature sends a message: this is a country of institutions that date back thousands of years, inherited from the United Kingdom but made up of our unique history and aspirations,” said Lagasé.
With EFE information.
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