PQ government may be forced to swear allegiance to the King if constitutional lawyer’s injunction is granted

The incoming Parti Québécois government could be forced to take the Oath of Allegiance to King Charles if a constitutional lawyer’s request for an injunction is granted.

Lawrence David, a professor at the University of Ottawa’s faculty of law and president and founder of the Public Interest Litigation Institute, filed the application in Quebec Superior Court on Tuesday — one day after Quebec’s provincial election.

“We know based on public statements that the oath will not be taken, at least by a majority of the newly-elected politicians,” David said in an interview Wednesday with The Gazette, referring to the minority PQ government.