Did Not Take Oath Seriously

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet yesterday said he didn’t mean it when he swore an MP’s oath of true allegiance to the Crown. Liberal MPs immediately demanded Blanchet be censured under an 1867 House rule that has never been enforced: “The Speaker should look into the appropriateness of this Member’s continuing to sit in this place.”

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