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'No disrespect to His Majesty': Yukon council refuses to take oath to King

  • Dawson City's mayor-elect and council members refused to take the official oath to the King on Nov. 5 due to the Crown's history with Indigenous populations.
  • Under the Yukon's Municipal Act, elected officials must take the Oath of Allegiance, which requires allegiance to King Charles III.
  • The council's refusal was in solidarity with a councillor who had hesitancies about the oath, stating it was done "with no disrespect to His Majesty King Charles.
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