From:	Wagner, Jordan findlerman@****.carrollsweb.com
Subject:	UCAS - How would it happen?
Date:	Fri, 6 Oct 2000 20:47:14 CDT

> > ...I don't understand how the Brittish Gov't.
> > has any say in the matter.
>
> Its a bit complicated, and I'm not sure if the
> situation's changed since 1982 or not. I'm know that the
> British Queen (or King) is still the official head of
> state of Canada. They don't have a say in the day-to-day
> running of the country, but I'm fairly sure that they do
> for a change in the Bill of Rights or any of the other
> bills that define Canada as a country. This would include
> joining the United States or adding new territory.
>
> --Nick Pilon
> --Life is code; Everything else is just preprocessing.

Okay...I was speaking to a (canadian) friend of mine, after one of the listmembers here
posted an article 'Prelude to UCAS?'

Would one of the canadian list members (or more informed non-canadian list members,)
enlighten this uneducated american?

I was under the impression that Canada was on it's own - an autonomous, independant,
self-governing entity - complete with parlament and prime minister. It was my
understanding that canada has full independence from the brits (in so far as any
government has it's own independence.)

Am I wrong? If so, and the brittish monarch is the official head of the canadian state,
what role did they play in the creation of UCAS in the shadowrun timeline? How does the
brittish government tie into UCAS's gov't?

Forgive me if the answer is blatantly in the 'And so it came to pass' section of the book
- mine are boxed up and elsewhere.

--Fin