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Originally Posted by spunky99
Canada does, in some instances, share consular facilities in foreign countries with, for example, Australia. Such arrangements are typically sought out when Canada doesn’t have extensive enough trade or political relations with a distant nation to justify opening its own embassy, but requires a place from which to provide basic consular services for Canadians traveling to that country.
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Indeed. I think countries 'share' Embassies all the time; not just Commonwealth countries.
I'm not sure what the big deal is anyway (to some people). There is quite obviously a very strong connection and a strong shared history between Canada, and other former British Empire countries, and the 'Motherland'.
Even in the US the links with Britain are everywhere, from language, law, the flag, the national anthems, the bill of rights, even the dome of the Capitol.