According to the Globe and Mail:
Ontario’s top court is set to grapple with whether…an oath to the Queen…is constitutional.
The Queen, Ottawa argues, is at the top of Canada’s constitutional order and therefore represents the right to dissent.
“Each of the appellants objects to taking the oath because of their subjective belief that the Queen, Canada’s constitutional head of state, is a symbol of tyranny, colonial oppression, racial prejudice and similar attributes,” the government says in its factum.
“The court below found that these views were mistaken and were based on a misinterpretation of the meaning of the oath to the Queen.”
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Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the House of Parliament to formally open a new parliamentary session, as part of the State Opening of Parliament.
