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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Canada: Officer fights military over allegiance to Queen
An officer in the Canadian Forces is suing Canada’s top soldier over a “degrading” policy that requires members of the military to toast the Queen and salute during the anthem, God Save the Queen.
Capt. Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh (scroll down the faculty list to arrive at his email address), an associate professor of physics at the Royal Military College in Kingston... wants a court to overturn the requirement for Forces members to publicly display their loyalty to the British monarchy.
Canadian Monarchy. Not amused!
You might, as a military officer, wish to express your unity with those who served Canada during a particular war, but (not) . . . the obligation to recognize a foreign monarch as having a situation of authority over the Canadian Armed Forces."
What foreign Monarch?
The oath requires new members to swear they will be "be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada." The allegiance is paid to the Queen as head of state, not as head of the Canadian military. The Governor General, as the Queen's representative in Canada, is the commander-in chief of the Canadian Forces.
Representing the Queen of Canada as Head of the Armed Forces does not make him/her actual Head of the Armed Forces.
The allegiance may be contrary to his belief, but it is a fact that the Queen is not a foreign monarch and has been and remains the head of state for Canada.
Look at it this way: say I am an officer in the military and I voted for the Liberal party, then the Conservative party won the election. Should I be able to refuse to serve the federal government because I do not like who is in charge of it?
As "An angry rant" said "If a Member of Parliament has a problem with respecting the traditions of Parliament and the very structure of the Canadian political system, do not run for office. If a new citizen does not want to swear an oath to the Queen, move somewhere else and if a soldier cannot force himself to toast the Queen over a pint in the Officers club send him to Afghanistan where he may find he has more pressing things to occupy his thoughts."
Postscript: Captain Chainnigh, Assistant Professor of Physics at RMC can be reached at: kenny-h@rmc.ca (just scroll down the faculty list).
POSTED BY: governor-grey AT 6:56 p.m. | LINKS |
An officer in the Canadian Forces is suing Canada’s top soldier over a “degrading” policy that requires members of the military to toast the Queen and salute during the anthem, God Save the Queen.Capt. Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh (scroll down the faculty list to arrive at his email address), an associate professor of physics at the Royal Military College in Kingston... wants a court to overturn the requirement for Forces members to publicly display their loyalty to the British monarchy.
Canadian Monarchy. Not amused!
You might, as a military officer, wish to express your unity with those who served Canada during a particular war, but (not) . . . the obligation to recognize a foreign monarch as having a situation of authority over the Canadian Armed Forces."
What foreign Monarch?
The oath requires new members to swear they will be "be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada." The allegiance is paid to the Queen as head of state, not as head of the Canadian military. The Governor General, as the Queen's representative in Canada, is the commander-in chief of the Canadian Forces.
Representing the Queen of Canada as Head of the Armed Forces does not make him/her actual Head of the Armed Forces.
The allegiance may be contrary to his belief, but it is a fact that the Queen is not a foreign monarch and has been and remains the head of state for Canada.
Look at it this way: say I am an officer in the military and I voted for the Liberal party, then the Conservative party won the election. Should I be able to refuse to serve the federal government because I do not like who is in charge of it?
As "An angry rant" said "If a Member of Parliament has a problem with respecting the traditions of Parliament and the very structure of the Canadian political system, do not run for office. If a new citizen does not want to swear an oath to the Queen, move somewhere else and if a soldier cannot force himself to toast the Queen over a pint in the Officers club send him to Afghanistan where he may find he has more pressing things to occupy his thoughts."
Postscript: Captain Chainnigh, Assistant Professor of Physics at RMC can be reached at: kenny-h@rmc.ca (just scroll down the faculty list).
POSTED BY: governor-grey AT 6:56 p.m. | LINKS |
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