Queen of Canada and Citizenship Oath

citizenship oath: The trio is calling for the citizenship oath, which asks newcomers to promise to be "faithful and bear true allegiance to Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors," to be struck down because it violates their religious and conscientious beliefs, according to CTV. Topey, 47, is a Rastafarian and Dror Bar-Natan, 48, is Jewish. The two say their religion forbids them from taking an oath to any person and A group of permanent Canadian residents want to give their citizenship oath to Canada, not the Queen, and have taken their fight to Ontarios top court. "I can't do something that I don't believe in," Simone Topey, one of the three individuals involved in the constitutional challenge, told reporters outside a Toronto court on Tuesday. "I want to be real to Canada, I want to be loyal to the country. I'm trying to become a citizen not a subject." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.