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SSJB launches Quebec petition to abolish 'archaic' monarchy

The petition says a monarchy "breaks with the desire" of Quebecers to have a secular state.

King Charles III leaves Westminster Palace Sept. 12, 2022.
King Charles III leaves Westminster Palace Sept. 12, 2022. Photo by WPA Pool /Getty Images

The Société St-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal said in a statement Saturday that it has launched a petition to abolish the monarchy, calling it an “undemocratic, distant and archaic royal regime.”

“The monarchy is a system that is imposed on us, despite ourselves,” president Marie-Anne Alepin said in the statement. “However, it is presented to us on all platforms as something positive, like a vast personality contest.”

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Quebecers are overwhelming against the idea of a monarchy, she said. The petition says a monarchy “breaks with the desire” of Quebecers to have a secular state.

Queen Elizabeth II died Sept. 8 at age 96. Her son Charles immediately became king.

The Queen was the subject of shifting allegiances in Quebec. Cheering throngs at her visits to the province in the 1950s gave way to protests by nationalists and a riot in the 1960s.

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