Instrument meteorological conditions. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) is an aviation flight category that describes weather conditions that require pilots to fly primarily by reference to instruments, and therefore under instrument flight rules (IFR), rather than by outside visual references under visual flight rules (VFR).
2. âO Canadaâ only became the official Canadian national anthem in 1980. The official anthem before that was âGod Save the Queenâ, since they were a British colony. (National Anthems) 3. Sally Field played Tom Hanksâ mother in âForrest Gumpâ just six years after she played his love interest in âPunchlineâ.
Canada is considered a sovereign nation and has been a sovereign nation since 1867, 1931, or at the latest, 1982. Even though Canada as Queen Elizabeth II as it's monarch, it is as Queen of Canada, and no longer as Queen of the UK. ------- The sovereignty of Canada has been debatable throughout it's history. The British North America Act of 1867 is the beginning of Canada as a nation, but not totally sovereign. The Statute of Westminster (1931) transferred several political powers from the UK parliament to the Canadian Parliament.