Zakaria Amara and American Canadian Flags

Bar-Natan: American and Canadian flags togetherCITIZENSHIPWhy it took one American expat 30 years to become a Canadian Zakaria Amara in an undated photo, according to Globe and Mail. Reuters Globe editorial Citizenship is a right, not a privilege, even for convicted terrorists The Queen is a symbol of entrenched and outdated privilege and the pledge is tantamount to a hazing ritual, Bar-Natan said in an interview. In a letter sent to the citizenship court judge earlier this month, Dror Bar-Natan states his opposition to the oath, which he calls repulsive, and his plan to renege on the pledge following his citizenship ceremony on Monday. To become a Canadian citizen, I am made to utter phrases which are silly and ridiculous and offensive, he said. Bar-Natan, 49, a math professor from Israel who has been in Canada for 13 years, was one of three longtime permanent residents who challenged the constitutionality of making citizenship conditional on promising to be faithful and bear true allegiance to Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors. I don’t want to be there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.