It's interesting how Canada became a "nation". However, I would qualify it with the fact that in 1982 we adopted our own constitution, but we still remained sovereign to the queen. This is the same for all commonwealth countries. So technically, ALL commonwealth countries fit this criteria in that we are technically not completely legally independent.
Another way to look at it was in 1867 we started to cut ties with the UK and gain more independence, with several steps occurring along the way (independent SCC in 1930 something, constitution in 1867, independent constitution in 1982, etc. but never completely independent.
Lawyer here, this is good shit.
It's interesting how Canada became a "nation". However, I would qualify it with the fact that in 1982 we adopted our own constitution, but we still remained sovereign to the queen. This is the same for all commonwealth countries. So technically, ALL commonwealth countries fit this criteria in that we are technically not completely legally independent.
Another way to look at it was in 1867 we started to cut ties with the UK and gain more independence, with several steps occurring along the way (independent SCC in 1930 something, constitution in 1867, independent constitution in 1982, etc. but never completely independent.