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The legislative assembly of the province of Quebec passed a bill on Friday making the oath of allegiance to the British king optional Charles IIIhead of state of Canada.
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From now on, only the oath of allegiance to the people of Quebec will be required to sit in the House.
“This is a great moment for Quebec’s democracy. One more step towards the emancipation of the people of Quebec from British colonialism, towards normalcy.” tweeted Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois.
“Things we take for granted, that we believe are immutable” can change into “only 12 minutes”, he added, referring to the approval of the bill proposed by the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) party.
Last week, at the opening of the parliamentary session after the October elections, St-Pierre Plamondon and the other two deputies-elect from his party were turned away at the gates of the Assembly for not having sworn in to the king, as required by the Constitution. .
The legislators then mobilized to put an end to the obligatory nature of the tradition.
In a poll conducted last April, for the first time in Canadian history, a slim majority of Canadian citizens said they wanted to end royalty in their country, whose role today is largely ceremonial.
In Quebec, it was 71%.
Source: Elcomercio
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