Canada to share embassies with Great Britain

[The Brain]

Your claim that Wiki is infallible as a source just doesn't hold up. Sorry.

[DGuller]

What does this mean for the Embassy in London?

We don't have an embassy in London.   

Why would you?  Does Rhode Island have an embassy in Washington DC? 

[The Brain]

What does this mean for the Embassy in London?

We don't have an embassy in London.   

Why would you?  Does Rhode Island have an embassy in Washington DC? 

RI have embassy in Washington root beer pigeon

[Barrister]

What does this mean for the Embassy in London?

We don't have an embassy in London.   

Why would you?  Does Rhode Island have an embassy in Washington DC? 

I don't know what that has to do with anything.

All members of the Commonwealth of Nations exchange High Commissions, not Embassies.   

[Grey Fox]

He thought you were making a joke, not being a nitpicking asshole.

[dps]

What's a root beer pigeon?

[Barrister]

He thought you were making a joke, not being a nitpicking asshole.

Then he doesn't know me very well.

[viper37]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Nordic countries have been doing this for years. It was the danish embassy that offered me evacuation from china in june 1989, Iceland only had one embassy in asia (japan) at the time.

But seriously... if you are going to show up for G7 meetings you really really are going to have an independent consular system.

If this is a consular ship then where is the ambassador?

[Barrister]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

They haven't named a lot of examples, but the one they have named is Burma - Canadian consular officials will hang out in the British embassy (I believe Burma is out of the Commonwealth, so its an embassy not high commission).  I really can't see that hurting Canada much, especially since before we didn't have anyone on the ground in Burma.

[Neil]

Viper's tears are delicious.  This move was worth doing just to rile up the opposition, and I haven't seen anyone sensible come out against it.

Anglophobes can go suck an egg.

[DGuller]

What happens if some Brit wants to seek asylum in Canada?

[Barrister]

What happens if some Brit wants to seek asylum in Canada?

Generally speaking you have to make it to the actual country in order to seek refugee status.  So if you want to seek asylum in Canada, your brit would have to fly to Canada.

[CountDeMoney]

Does this mean I have to apply to the UK embassy for the paperwork if I wanted to haul ass to Canada?

[Viking]

Nordic countries have been doing this for years. It was the danish embassy that offered me evacuation from china in june 1989, Iceland only had one embassy in asia (japan) at the time.

But seriously... if you are going to show up for G7 meetings you really really are going to have an independent consular system.

If this is a consular ship then where is the ambassador?

presumably on the ambassadorial ship