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Editorial Opinion: Oaths of loyalty ?
Councillor Rick Day had submitted correspondence to Council suggesting that Council consider requiring a signed oath of loyalty from any Milton resident if she/he wished to vote in the upcoming municipal election. Mayor Krantz, rightfully in my opinion, decided that the imposition of a loyalty oath was outside of Council's legal prerogatives and Day's notice of motion fell away.
Day's correspondence makes for interesting reading - it's available through the Corporation's website under the agenda for Council's May 17, 2010 meeting. Unfortunately, in one of his rare appearances in Council, Day did not expand on his notion of the necessity of an oath of loyalty for the relatively small percentage of the population which actually takes the time to exercise its right to vote. It would have been interesting to find out why Day chose to target those who get involved in electing their governing body (as well as paying his councillor's salary!).
Day did acknowledge in Council that immigrants to Canada, who receive Canadian citizenship, take an oath of loyalty upon their receipt of citizenship; although Day did not clearly say so, one would presumably believe that they should be exempted from this voting requirement. So the target appears to be 'Canada-born' Miltonians - with the usual 'except me' condition perhaps? Day indicated that members of the Corporation's Council take some kind of oath of loyalty, so he and other Council members would also, presumably, be exempt from this requirement because it would be redundant. Good for the goose, but not the gander?
One long time voter wondered if trying to restrict the vote to "compliant sheep", as it was put to me, was simply an election ploy to deflect people from real issues of goverance and to reduce the number of active, involved citizens even more; as was said: "I sure as hell ain't gonna be signing no ------------- ---------- part-time councillor Day loyalty card so's I can vote!"
Any thougts?
Mike Grimwood
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