MPs and senators already swear an oath to the British Monarch, but some it is time to review it as the coronation of King Charles III approaches
at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, some senators and Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois MPs want to abolish the federal requirement that parliamentarians pledge loyalty to the monarch. Instead, they say, office-holders should have the option of swearing an oath to Canada, or the Canadian people.British monarchParliament after an election. They can’t sit if they refuse. The obligation dates back to the Constitution Act of 1867.
“In my opinion federal elected officials should have the choice to swear or not swear allegiance to the Crown in future.” Ontario NDP MP Matthew Green agreed. “An oath to an overseas monarch in perpetuity is increasingly outdated,” he said. Senator Tony Dean, a former head of the Ontario Public Service, also said an oath to the monarch “seems dated” today.
Mr. Arseneault successfully challenged a requirement to swear an oath to the Queen when he joined the bar in New Brunswick. He was the first lawyer in the province not to do so.Bloc Quebecois MPs want Parliament to follow the lead of the Quebec National Assembly, which in December unanimously passed a lawfor its elected members. Three members of the Parti Quebecois had refused to swear the oath after the October provincial election, and had been barred from sitting as a result.
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