[quote=darkwolf687]Eh? I thought it was a scenario where de jure she has power (I believe one of her powers is the authority to refuse to legitimise a law, as she has to sign it does she not?), but de facto she can never use it because parliament would remove the monarchy if she did. I was under the impression she held the same authority in the commonwealth realms but for the reason that they would remove her as their figure head she couldn't use it.[/quote]

That's correct, the Queen [i]technically[/i] holds power in this sense.
But it's always been used as just a formality, the Queen has never actually done anything with it.
This causes some Canadians to think we're completely Queen Independent, but we're not.

[quote=idlehands]Goddamnit. If that's true, I'm embarrassed.[/quote]

Canada has cases of Americans being amazed by the fact that we have seasons other than winter, and that it's not night time 24/7 for us.