Assertion: monarchy | /r/HasProperty | undergone profound changes
Facets:
value: in reaction
type: OTHER
value: to a fully sovereign state
type: OTHER
value: since confederation
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Dr. Stephen Phillips, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Langara College, said that the monarchy was more entrenched in Canada than generally realised, having undergone profound changes since Confederation in reaction to and in parallel with Canada's transition from a self-governing Dominion to a fully sovereign state, thereby pre-empting the rise of any significant republican movement.