An increasing number of new Canadians are rejecting their oath to the Queen of Canada: “be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors” at citizenship ceremonies. The matter has been also pursued in the Canadian courts for several years. A decision of the Ontario Court in 2014 gave new citizens the right to disavow these words of the citizenship oath after it has been taken. Read about this interesting account of active citizenship on the link below. [“Royal rejection: naturalised Canadians recant oath of allegiance to Queen” by Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian online, 1 April 2016]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
