Danish colonization of the Americas island had become an American protectorate. Following the war, the former corporate policy was discontinued: the North and South Greenland colonies were united and the RGTD's monopoly officially ended. In 1953, Greenland's colonial status was ended and it was made an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark with representation in the Folketing. In 1979, the Folketing granted the island home rule and, in 2009, all matters other than defense and foreign policy were transferred to the regional parliament. Explorers (mainly Norwegians), scientists, merchants (mainly Danish) and settlers from Denmark–Norway took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin
Opening of the Canadian parliament the date may be amended by subsequent proclamations, so long as parliament eventually meets as required by the Constitution Act, 1867). These read as follows: A later proclamation gives the precise time for parliament to open: Of the governor general's deputies, only the justices of the supreme court can summon parliament (though they, nor the other deputies, may dissolve it). Canada has two types of opening for the federal parliament, differentiated by scale: Larger openings, called "bench openings", require the seating of the Senate (where the monarch, governor general, or another delegate reads the Throne Speech), which is rearranged to