Sergio Marchi: Prime Minister Jean Chretien

prime minister Jean Chretien: TORONTO -- New citizens would be swearing an oath to Canada rather than to the Queen if former prime minister Jean Chretien didn't get 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. Jean Chretien liked the idea of swearing allegiance to Canada, not the monarch, one of his cabinet ministers reveals. CP 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.