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Oath Of Citizenship: Toronto Office

Charles Roach Dept: A man who refused to take the oath of citizenship, because of his opposition to the monarchy, has died with his decades-long dream of becoming a Canadian unfulfilled, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Roach had fought to change the country's citizenship requirements and allow people to swear an oath to Canada instead of the throne and human rights lawyer Charles Roach poses in his Toronto office on Monday, June. 27, 2011. The man who refused to take the oath of citizenship, because of his opposition to the monarchy, has died with his decades-long dream of becoming a Canadian unfulfilled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim Toronto civil-rights lawyer Charles Roach, who immigrated from Trinidad more than half a century ago, died yesterday of brain cancer at age 79. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.