11th March 2003, 10:08 PM
The Canadian equivilent of your pledge of alligence was changed in the last ammendments to the bill governing citizenship and refrences to god and any supremem being were removed. It was the belife of the federal government that to become a Canadian citizen(reciting the pledge during the citizenship ceremony where you recive the citizenshop is required) and to swear alligence to your country you should not have to confess any belife in a god, especially since not everyone that wants to become a citizen belive in a god. The Prime Minister and the majority of his cabinet are religiouse but it was their belife that their beligs should not be forced upon everyone else.