Britain still held power over the constitution - the British North American Act.
Until 1981. When granpapa Trudeau managed to get all of Canada’s premieres to agree on a new constitution and officially sever any official control Britain still had.
And that’s how we got our bill of rights / charter of rights and freedoms.
But we still have royalty on our money and the governor general is still technically the representative of the royals (and can still overrule just about anything with the authority of the crown.)
We became a confederated nation then.
A sovereign nation within the commonwealth.
Britain still held power over the constitution - the British North American Act.
Until 1981. When granpapa Trudeau managed to get all of Canada’s premieres to agree on a new constitution and officially sever any official control Britain still had.
And that’s how we got our bill of rights / charter of rights and freedoms.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1982
But we still have royalty on our money and the governor general is still technically the representative of the royals (and can still overrule just about anything with the authority of the crown.)