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Canada controls itself, yes the Brits were in control for a very long time, and yes the americans exert heavy influence on us, as well as many other countries might I add, which is one of the reasons you are so fed up with the US. Canada is a middle power country and is more independent than the neatherlands if we bring the EU into the picture, so your irrelevant insult doesnt really mean much.
Culturally, the Aussies are closer to americans than we are, canada adopts many "european" values and is culturally the closet commonwealth country to europe, certainly closer to europe than the russians, geography aside that is.
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