Alberta Court Rejects Challenge From Law Student to Oath of Allegiance to Monarchy

Alberta Court Rejects Challenge From Law Student to Oath of Allegiance to Monarchy
Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on July 8, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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An Alberta judge has dismissed an Edmonton law student’s challenge to the legal profession’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance to the monarch.

Prabjot Singh Wirring had argued the portion of the oath mandated by the Legal Profession Act that includes pledging allegiance to the sovereign violates his Charter rights to religious freedom and equality.