Chip Douglas
Brauns' post makes me wonder Scott, based on this section of the Criminal Code...who then is in the DE JURE possession of the sovereign power?
Obedience to de facto law
15. No person shall be convicted of an offence in respect of an act or omission in obedience to the laws for the time being made and enforced by persons in de facto possession of the sovereign power in and over the place where the act or omission occurs.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-5.html#docCont