Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada

Queen Elizabeth II is visiting Canada this week. It is sometimes difficult to wrap your head around the fact that she is also Queen of Canada. She is actually our head of government. When I swore allegiance to Canada when I became a citizen back in, I think it was 1964, I actually swore to be her subject and loyal t...o her. I do know British and Canadian history well so I know how this all came to be but it is still feels strange and absurd. The one good thing about it is that it does keep us from having a president whose head could easily get too big. In Canada we do not get too empresses with our prime ministers.