A watered-down oath of office, anachronistic before its time: Ottawa letter writer

The MNAs swore an oath that might be appropriate for elected representatives of an independent Quebec, but one that disregards part of today's constitutional reality.
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The decision by newly elected Parti Québécois MNAs to remove all references to the allegiance to King Charles III from their oath of office will certainly have pleased the 87 per cent of Quebecers who feel no attachment to the monarchy, and, probably, virtually all those w...

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