Peter Stockland: For Quebec, There Are Other Oaths of Allegiance That Would Work Better

Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaks to National Assembly sergeant-at-arms Veronique Michel, who prevented the three PQ MNA’s from taking their seats in the legislature because they refused to pledge allegiance to the King when they were sworn in, in Quebec City on Dec. 1, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Commentary

My long-ago introduction to the Chicken Oath gives hope Quebec’s National Assembly will pluck up its courage and unanimously scrap swearing loyalty to the British monarch.