Before the courts of Ontario, there is an application to exempt certain citizenship applicants because they object to the nature of the required oath. My letter to The National Post.
Re 'Repulsive' oath to Queen assailed, Jul 13:
Three non-Canadians complain about our laws. Common among them
is their insistence on imposing their values on us. One of them admits to
an unresolved distaste of things British. Immigrants must not seek to
impose their values. The Jamaican applicant's religious
values cause her to describe our head of state as "the queen of
Babylon." Canadians don't need that kind of talk, especially from an outsider.
These people have accepted the invitation to our house. But will
enter only on condition that we tune our television to programs they prefer,
only if we say things they want to hear, only if we change our laws to suit
them.
I trust our courts will refuse this brazen imposition of
outsiders' conditions on our way of life. Conditions of entry are established
by Canadians, not by wannabes.
Should one day, the oath to the Queen be dropped, it will be
done by Canadians, not by those at the gates.
No comments:
Post a Comment