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.
The Peace Tower dominates the central section of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ont. Robert Frerck/Tony Stone Worldwide. Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy. Once a colony of Great Britain, it became independent in 1867 through the British North America Act. Provisions of this act made it necessary for the British Privy Council to approve any amendment to the constitution. In 1982 the act was amended and renamed the Constitution Act (also known as the Canada Act).