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King Charles: Canada: Faces Unprecedented Challenges
The Philippine Star
|May 29, 2025
OTTAWA (AP) - King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by US President Donald Trump.
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The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the Commonwealth of former colonies. Trump's repeated suggestion that Canada become the 51st state prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give a speech from the throne outlining the Liberal government's priorities for the new session of Parliament.
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