Hehe, I forgot that was even a thing. My grandad was born in Toronto and moved to England aged 3… he only left the country once in WW2 but still retained Canadian citizenship.
Neat, does that mean you also have Canadian citizenship? It seems that our grandparents’ generation were leaving Ontario for the UK more frequently than I would have expected - Ricky Gervais’ father for example was a Franco-Ontarian.
We’re reminded about the Commonwealth whenever the monarchy is in the news, but I don’t really know what purpose it serves beyond acting as a reminder of the history of our country. I don’t believe the current generation feels much of a connection to the UK the way previous generations did. When I was a child I think there was much more of a feeling of connection (in fact two of my teachers in primary school were English expats, including a lovely little old lady named Mrs. Readey, who retired back to England once our year was done), but lately it feels like more people feel connected to the US, probably since their culture is propagated everywhere. And we generally don’t think about the fact that Charles is also our king, as the monarchy has de facto zero influence on our government. I still like to periodically bring up the Commonwealth as a whimsical little nod to our history.
Well then I hope you’re enjoying Toronto, commonwealth-bro!
Hehe, I forgot that was even a thing. My grandad was born in Toronto and moved to England aged 3… he only left the country once in WW2 but still retained Canadian citizenship.
Neat, does that mean you also have Canadian citizenship? It seems that our grandparents’ generation were leaving Ontario for the UK more frequently than I would have expected - Ricky Gervais’ father for example was a Franco-Ontarian.
We’re reminded about the Commonwealth whenever the monarchy is in the news, but I don’t really know what purpose it serves beyond acting as a reminder of the history of our country. I don’t believe the current generation feels much of a connection to the UK the way previous generations did. When I was a child I think there was much more of a feeling of connection (in fact two of my teachers in primary school were English expats, including a lovely little old lady named Mrs. Readey, who retired back to England once our year was done), but lately it feels like more people feel connected to the US, probably since their culture is propagated everywhere. And we generally don’t think about the fact that Charles is also our king, as the monarchy has de facto zero influence on our government. I still like to periodically bring up the Commonwealth as a whimsical little nod to our history.
What did you think of Toronto / Ontario?