Pettifogging Nuisances

"It is not constitutionally inconsistent that the applicants who find Canada's foundational democratic political structure to be 'repugnant', at least in part, are not accorded the right to vote within that political system.
"The inability to enjoy the benefits of citizenship -- to hold a Canadian passport and to vote -- are amongst the costs reasonably borne by individuals whose personal beliefs run counter to Canada's foundational heritage."
Government of Canada

"All of the applicants would willingly take an oath to observe the laws of Canada and fulfil their duties as Canadian citizens."
Legal factum opposing allegiance to the British Crown

"Taking an oath of allegiance to a hereditary monarch who lives abroad would violate my conscience, be a betrayal of my Republican heritage, and impede my activities in support of ending the monarch in Canada."
Michael McAteer, 79, resident in Canada 50 years

Three permanent Canadian residents of Canada wish to obtain Canadian citizenship, but they object to the requirement of pledging allegiance to the British Crown, to swear or affirm they will be "faithful and bear true allegiance to Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors"; to do so abridges their constitutionally protected beliefs attests their application to Ontario Superior Court.

They claim that they should be permitted to pledge allegiance to Canada only, and in so doing reap the benefits of citizenship rights, be able to vote, to have a Canadian passport. The Federal government, for its part, argues that they are in Canada of their own volition, their political and religious views are constitutionally protected, but they have no right to a passport or to vote because of their rejection of the pledge required.

Simone Topey was born in Jamaica and has been in Canada since 1978, but since Rastafarians think of the Queen as the "head of Babylon", to swear allegiance would effectively violate her deeply-held beliefs. Dror Bar-Natan is an Israeli math professor who arrived in 2002 and maintains the Queen is symbolic of entrenched privilege which appears to offend his sensibilities.

These three individuals and other who profess to believe as they do, mistakenly believe that their values have priority over the long-established cornerstones and values of Canadian society. They are welcome to remain in Canada as long as they continue to behave in a civil manner, but the absurdity of their personal arguments presumed to take precedence over Federal law creates costly mischief to Canada through unwarranted court costs.

They might be cordially invited to leave a hugely extended leave of absence, to take up residents elsewhere, where they will not be offended by any vestiges of the historical Commonwealth of Nations,  if they find the current situation so offensive to their social-psychological-political comfort level.