Then the existing Citizenship Oath is a compromise?
Yes. The traditional profession of allegiance to the Monarch continues and the character of Canada as a constitutional monarchy is thereby acknowledged. At the same time, the name of the country is introduced three times into the oath and this is done in a way consistent with Canada’s status as a monarchy — i.e. in a monarchy the state is personified, not treated as an abstraction or a corporation. That is not a bad compromise. It produced an excellent oath which is as relevant and contemporary in 1995 as it was twenty years ago.