Constitutional Monarchy: Prime Minister Jean Chretien

prime minister Jean Chretien: TORONTO - New citizens would be swearing an oath to Canada rather than to the Queen had former prime minister Jean Chretien not gotten cold feet at the last minute, his former citizenship minister said Friday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I was very much of the belief that while we're a constitutional monarchy, we should be swearing an oath of allegiance to Canada," Marchi told The Canadian Press from Geneva. Michael McAteer is pictured in his Toronto home on Thursday, July 11, 2013. The former journalist, originally from Ireland, is one of three would-be citizens challenging the requirement to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young As three permanent residents and the federal government argued the issue in court, Sergio Marchi said he had been poised to scrap the pledge of allegiance to the Queen two decades ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.