Your submission has no bearing on whether the oath has legal meaning. It does, whether or not you like the words.
I accept this as a fair and balanced response.
Your submission has no bearing on whether the oath has legal meaning. It does, whether or not you like the words.
My Citizenship Oath Ceremony scheduled on Oct 21st,
I stumbled upon this link http://disavowal.ca/.
now my question is how can I avoid the first part of Oath where its swears pledge of allegiance to queen and he heirs
Well you can but remember it is a freedom which is available in a constitutional monarchy. There are many other written and un written oaths in other countries you cant skip.My Citizenship Oath Ceremony scheduled on Oct 21st,
I stumbled upon this link http://disavowal.ca/.
now my question is how can I avoid the first part of Oath where its swears pledge of allegiance to queen and he heirs
Well you can but remember it is a freedom which is available in a constitutional monarchy.
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you preferred a country run by a monarch.
Not sure why some answers to OP are rude.
The main reason Canada doesn't discuss the monarchy much is procedural (changing the constitution is pretty much impossible at this point), but a sizable portion of citizens is actually in favor of becoming a Republic, according to polls before queen E2 died, and her son isn't exactly a popular figure...)
Not wanting to say the oath isn't exactly a fringe attitude, if we had to make every current citizen pronounce it. Many Members of Parliament, and not only in Bloc Québécois, are also in favor of becoming a Republic. The NDP leader is republican and said so himself.
The only thing is that it's the current requirement for a future citizen and that you can't gain that citizenship if you don't swear allegiance to King Charles.
OP has 0 choice here and that's it, he gotta go with the flow, forget what he just said the moment he said it (not whisper or mumble it please, no need to take any risk, IRCC agents job is to make sure the oath was pronounced) and focus on the fact that he became a citizen.
But Republics dont plead allegiance to President, but to the constitution/flag.None of the answers are rude.
In the context of the oath, talking about not saying the portion of the oath is meaningless. Best case, you make yourself feel good. Kind of like a guy farting against a hurricane and thinking that it is driving the winds away. This feeling will last for a bit and you'll be able to brag to your friends and family but when your passport arrives, it'll still mention the monarch. Worst case, they catch you trying to skip it and they deny you citizenship or make you retake it so that you say it right. You'll need to say it this time with your tail between your legs kind of like this Aussie senator had to:You'd only be wasting everyone's time.
Secondly, this whole thing comes from a misunderstanding of the monarchy and the role they play in our democracy. We're a constitutional monarchy. They're a figurehead. If we become a republic like say the France or India, you're going to need another figurehead to replace the monarch. In that since, it's kind of pointless whether there's a President or a King/Queen. All that the monarchy does is provides royal ascent to the bills that the parliament of Canada passes. They have no say in what becomes law and what doesn't. In that sense they have zero bearing on your life. Some of the wealthiest and most developed countries are constitutional monarches: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, NZ, the UK, Spain, and of course Canada.
So yeah, this is a pointless thread.
But Republics dont plead allegiance to President, but to the constitution/flag.
Saying "run by a monarch" shows that one is also free to completely misunderstand how constitutional monarchies work.
well you don't have to go personal, when my views don't align with that of yours.You need some hobbies my dude
Oh, so swearing allegiance to a piece of cloth or papyrus makes more sense? Or if it's to the text of the constitution, do I get to parse to and disagree with that text? Does that include the 'slaves shall be counted as 3/5ths of a human' part, or do we just get to pretend that never happened?
The simple explanation (in both cases, actually) is that 'the Monarch' in the oath case is just considered to be the personification of a bunch of things (we don't deify our constitution, whic h isn't a single law anyway).
Is it a bit weird and archaic? Yep. There's a lot about Canada that is somewhat weird and archaic.
Oh, so swearing allegiance to a piece of cloth or papyrus makes more sense? Or if it's to the text of the constitution, do I get to parse to and disagree with that text? Does that include the 'slaves shall be counted as 3/5ths of a human' part, or do we just get to pretend that never happened?
The simple explanation (in both cases, actually) is that 'the Monarch' in the oath case is just considered to be the personification of a bunch of things (we don't deify our constitution, whic h isn't a single law anyway).
Is it a bit weird and archaic? Yep. There's a lot about Canada that is somewhat weird and archaic.
That's harsh loool I think what was meant was "a country that has a monarch as a head of state" not literally being run by one
As Canadians..there are far mor important discussions to be had... there is a general consensus that yes most Canadians don't want the monarchy but because changing that will take so much time and effort we simply can't be bothered right now lool
Oh, so swearing allegiance to a piece of cloth or papyrus makes more sense?
None of the answers are rude.
In the context of the oath, talking about not saying the portion of the oath is meaningless. Best case, you make yourself feel good. Kind of like a guy farting against a hurricane and thinking that it is driving the winds away. This feeling will last for a bit and you'll be able to brag to your friends and family but when your passport arrives, it'll still mention the monarch. Worst case, they catch you trying to skip it and they deny you citizenship or make you retake it so that you say it right. You'll need to say it this time with your tail between your legs kind of like this Aussie senator had to:You'd only be wasting everyone's time.
Secondly, this whole thing comes from a misunderstanding of the monarchy and the role they play in our democracy. We're a constitutional monarchy. They're a figurehead. If we become a republic like say the France or India, you're going to need another figurehead to replace the monarch. In that since, it's kind of pointless whether there's a President or a King/Queen. All that the monarchy does is provides royal ascent to the bills that the parliament of Canada passes. They have no say in what becomes law and what doesn't. In that sense they have zero bearing on your life. Some of the wealthiest and most developed countries are constitutional monarches: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, NZ, the UK, Spain, and of course Canada.
So yeah, this is a pointless thread.