The three recently elected members of the Parti Québécois found themselves on the outside looking in today as Quebec’s legislature reopened without them. The PQ members have refused to swear the oath of office to King Charles III since the October election, and as a consequence have been barred from taking their seats in the…
Parti Québécois Still Refusing Oath of Office to King as Quebec Legislature Resumes
Québec Solidaire to Swear Oath to King, Vows to Table Bill to Make Pledge Optional
The 11 recently elected members of Québec solidaire are no longer refusing to swear an oath of office to King Charles III. Spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oath so that they can enter the legislature and quickly table a bill to make the pledge optional. Quebec solidaire’s reversal is in reaction…
Quebec Government Says It Is Ready to Make Oath of Office to the King Optional
Quebec’s governing Coalition Avenir Québec party says it is willing to make a constitutionally required oath to the King optional for members of the legislature. CAQ house leader Simon Jolin-Barrette says the government is ready to move quickly and introduce a bill that would allow members to sit without swearing an oath of office to…
Parti Québécois Leader Insists He Won’t Swear Oath to King Before Taking Office
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he believes he can sit in the legislature without swearing an oath to the King, even if the secretary general of the legislature says otherwise. The leader of the separatist party has vowed not to pledge allegiance to King Charles III, to whom members must swear an oath…
Going ‘Woke’ Doomed Boris Johnson’s Premiership: Trump
Going “woke” cost former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson his political career, according to former President Donald Trump. Trump’s comments were made in an Oct. 4 interview with Laurence Fox on GB News, a free-to-air television and radio news channel in the UK. Fox, who recently played President Joe Biden’s second son in Breitbart’s film “My Son Hunter,”…
King Charles Will Not Attend Climate Summit on UK Government Advice
King Charles III will not be attending next month’s Cop27 climate change summit in Egypt, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Charles has a longstanding and passionate commitment to environmental issues. As Prince of Wales, he addressed the Cop26 summit in Glasgow last year. His elder son, William, the then-Duke of Cambridge, also spoke at the event,…
A Quarter of a Million People Filed Past Queen’s Coffin in London to Pay Last Respects
Around a quarter of a million people paid their respects in person to Queen Elizabeth II by viewing her coffin as it lay in state in London, UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has revealed. During the late monarch’s four-day lying-in-state, which ended on Sunday, around 250,000 people went through Westminster Hall to pay their last…
MPs Pay Tribute to Queen in Special Sitting of House of Commons
Members of Parliament of all political stripes paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in a special sitting at the House of Commons on Sept. 15 in honour of her life and legacy. The special session, which precedes the opening of the fall sitting on Sept. 20, commemorates the Queen and marks the accession to the…
Queen Elizabeth II Lying in State in Westminster Hall Ahead of Funeral on Monday
Queen Elizabeth II, who died in Scotland on Thursday, is now lying in state in London’s Westminster Hall for a four-day vigil until her funeral on Monday. Huge crowds gathered in central London on Wednesday to witness the Queen being taken from the Buckingham Palace to Parliament as artillery guns fired salutes and Big Ben…
Canada’s Currency, Stamps Among Nationwide Changes Following Queen’s Death
Queen Elizabeth II’s likeness will continue to grace Canadian coins, bank notes, and stamps for some time, but will eventually be phased out to introduce replacements bearing the image of Canada’s new monarch, King Charles III, according to federal institutions. The Royal Canadian Mint says Canada’s coins, all of which carry a side profile of…
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