Canada should use this moment to return Crown lands to Indigenous people – Ricochet Media

With the Queen dead, Canadian territories now officially belong to King Charles. Why?

September 12, 2022

Queen Elizabeth is dead, but the monarchy lives on in Canadian law.

The monarchy remains Canada’s head of state: a formal role with real power. Working in immigration law, I cannot get through my day without the monarchy affecting my work. I see her in the upper right corner of my screen, watching my clicks and scrolls. “Honour the memory of Her Majesty” the government requests (demands?). I clicked ctrl+F to change submissions to the “Court of Queen’s Bench” to the “Court of King’s Bench.”

In the moments after her death, citizenship ceremonies were halted for new Canadians — many coming from former British colonies — now forced to swear allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III. Although there was no knight’s armor, the ceremony ended with a medieval proclamation. “The Queen is dead. God save the King!”

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