MONTREAL — A Quebec political party opposed to swearing an oath to Britain’s King Charles said it expects to introduce legislation on Thursday that would make…
Left-leaning Quebec solidaire, whose members grudgingly took the oath that is required for elected officials, plans to introduce a bill in the Canadian province’s national assembly, a party spokesperson said on Wednesday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Canada is a member of the Commonwealth, made up mostly of former British empire countries that have, or had the British monarch as head of state. A Sept. 13 Leger poll of North American attitudes to the British monarchy showed 87% of Quebecers said they had no personal attachment, roughly on par with Americans and compared with 71% in British Columbia and 73% in Ontario.
Longstanding opposition to the rule intensified followed the October election victory of the ruling Coalition Avenir Quebec government, which has also pledged to quickly introduce a bill that would end the obligation.
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