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Calgary Herald
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Calgary Herald
The King is in town. Now, the Bloc wants to make the oath of allegiance to him optional
OTTAWA – When King Charles III and Queen Camilla first set foot on Canadian soil, the Bloc Québécois was already considering one of its first private member's bills: making the oath of allegiance to the King optional. Article content Article content 'It's (Canadians') party. It belongs to them. We're not part of that party. You know, there are some who say the King is welcome. I won't welcome him here,' said Xavier Barsalou-Duval as he was leaving the House of Commons after the election of a new speaker Monday. Article content Article content Outside, a few kilometres from Parliament Hill, hundreds of Canadians were present to welcome the King and Queen. Article content Article content The Bloc Québécois MP for Pierre-Boucher–Les Patriotes–Verchères cares deeply about the monarchy. He cares so much about it that he will champion one of his party's first bills to be introduced this session: making the oath to the King optional when MPs are sworn in. Article content The idea behind the bill is to give MPs who wish to swear an oath to the King the opportunity to do so, and if they do not, they could swear an oath to the institution they represent. Article content 'I won't hide from you that for me, it was a humiliation and it's the fourth time I've had to go through this,' he told National Post. Article content The humiliation, he said, is related to a 'modern incarnation of the old British colonial authority.' Article content Barsalou-Duval spoke of the 'atrocities' and 'oppression' committed by the kingdom and emphasized that nothing can excuse events like the deportation of the Acadians. Article content Article content The Bloc Québécois will therefore not send any MPs to the speech from the throne delivered by the King in the Senate on Tuesday. After proposing a bill to protect supply management, making the oath to the King optional is the party's top priority. Article content Barsalou-Duval said that this bill would meet the apparent priorities of Mark Carney, who wanted to invite the King at the first opportunity. Article content 'It's a debate that never dies and why the subject never dies because we always ask ourselves the question each time why it's still there,' the Bloc MP said.
Ottawa Citizen
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Ottawa Citizen
The King is in town. Now, the Bloc wants to make the oath of allegiance to him optional
OTTAWA – When King Charles III and Queen Camilla first set foot on Canadian soil, the Bloc Québécois was already considering one of its first private member's bills: making the oath of allegiance to the King optional. Article content Article content 'It's (Canadians') party. It belongs to them. We're not part of that party. You know, there are some who say the King is welcome. I won't welcome him here,' said Xavier Barsalou-Duval as he was leaving the House of Commons after the election of a new speaker Monday. Article content Article content Outside, a few kilometres from Parliament Hill, hundreds of Canadians were present to welcome the King and Queen. Article content Article content The Bloc Québécois MP for Pierre-Boucher–Les Patriotes–Verchères cares deeply about the monarchy. He cares so much about it that he will champion one of his party's first bills to be introduced this session: making the oath to the King optional when MPs are sworn in. Article content The idea behind the bill is to give MPs who wish to swear an oath to the King the opportunity to do so, and if they do not, they could swear an oath to the institution they represent. Article content 'I won't hide from you that for me, it was a humiliation and it's the fourth time I've had to go through this,' he told National Post. Article content The humiliation, he said, is related to a 'modern incarnation of the old British colonial authority.' Article content Barsalou-Duval spoke of the 'atrocities' and 'oppression' committed by the kingdom and emphasized that nothing can excuse events like the deportation of the Acadians. Article content Article content The Bloc Québécois will therefore not send any MPs to the speech from the throne delivered by the King in the Senate on Tuesday. After proposing a bill to protect supply management, making the oath to the King optional is the party's top priority. Article content Barsalou-Duval said that this bill would meet the apparent priorities of Mark Carney, who wanted to invite the King at the first opportunity. Article content 'It's a debate that never dies and why the subject never dies because we always ask ourselves the question each time why it's still there,' the Bloc MP said.
