(Ottawa) There's a
growing trend inside Canada of people who have immigrated there and then when
applying for Canadian citizenship have objected to certain parts of the oath.
Which brings me to Lorraine Harrilal –Minutes after being
sworn in she broke away from her group to carry out her first act as a Canadian
citizen, handing a letter to the officiating judge that recanted 25 of the 43
words she had just recited. Her issue was not with the part of the oath that
swears to obey the laws of Canada or fulfil her duties as a citizen. Rather she
was disavowing the promise to “be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors”.
In her letter, she explained why. “I regard it as an unnecessary allegiance to
an institution that is the antithesis of democracy, while emblematic of hereditary,
parasitic oligarchy.” Similar scenes have played out across the country in
recent months, as a small but determined group of naturalised Canadians rebel
against the oath to the Queen required of all new Canadian citizens.
Jeez , can you imagine these people going to live in the
wonderful paradise of Iran and then asking that they object to the parts about allah. It seems that a large
number of the current batch of immigrants (the world over) feel that they can dictate
to their new countries how it is going to be. if Mizz Harrilal doesn't like certain aspects of becoming a Canadian, why the hell is she bothering living there.
