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1、STUDYGUIDE2010EDITIONDiscoverCanadaTheRightsandResponsibilitiesofCitizenshipTheOathofCitizenshipLesermentdecitoyennetéIswear(oraffirm)Jejure(ouj’affirmesolennellement)ThatIwillbefaithfulQuejeseraifidèleAndbeartrueallegianceEtporteraisincèreallégeanceT

2、oHerMajestyQueenElizabeththeSecondàSaMajestélaReineElizabethDeuxQueenofCanadaReineduCanadaHerHeirsandSuccessorsÀseshéritiersetsuccesseursAndthatIwillfaithfullyobserveQuej’observeraifidèlementlesloisduCanadaThelawsofCanadaEtquejeremplirailoyalementmeso

3、bligationsAndfulfilmydutiesasaCanadiancitizen.decitoyencanadien.UnderstandingtheOathInCanada,weprofessourloyaltytoapersonwhorepresentsallCanadiansandnottoadocumentsuchasaconstitution,abannersuchasaflag,orageopoliticalentitysuchasacountry.Inourconstitu

4、tionalmonarchy,theseelementsareencompassedbytheSovereign(QueenorKing).Itisaremarkablysimpleyetpowerfulprinciple:CanadaispersonifiedbytheSovereignjustastheSovereignispersonifiedbyCanada.Helpusserveyoubetter!Telluswhatyouthinkofthispublicationatwww.cic.

5、gc.ca/feedback.©MinisterofPublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada,2009Thisdocumentisavailableinmultipleformatsuponrequest.CatalogueNo.Ci1-11/2009EISBN978-1-100-12739-2C&I-1049E-03-10MessagetoOurReadersWelcome!Ittookcouragetomovetoanewcountry.Yourdecisi

6、ontoapplyforcitizenshipisanotherbigstep.Youarebecomingpartofagreattraditionthatwasbuiltbygenerationsofpioneersbeforeyou.Onceyouhavemetallofthelegalrequirements,wehopetowelcomeyouasanewcitizenwithalltherightsandresponsibilitiesofcitizenship.Canadahaswe

7、lcomedgenerationsofnewcomersImmigrantsbetweentheagesof18and54musttoourshorestohelpusbuildafree,law-abidinghaveadequateknowledgeofEnglishorFrenchinandprosperoussociety.For400years,settlersordertobecomeCanadiancitizens.Youmustalsoandimmigrantshavecontri

8、butedtothediversitylearnaboutvotingprocedures,Canada’shistory,andrichnessofourcountry,whichisbuiltonasymbols,democraticinstitutions,geography,andproudhistoryandastrongidentity.therightsandresponsibilitiesofcitizenship.Canadaisaconstitutionalmo