National Assembly of Quebec, a party leader

The letter · 2 October 2026

To Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, Leader of the Parti Québécois — section 46(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the office of the King

Hello,

You lead the Parti Québécois in the National Assembly. I live in Ottawa and I write as a citizen of Canada.

In 2025 and 2026 the President of the United States called for Canada to become the 51st state again and again. On 24 August 2026 the Vice-President said: "We have to remember Canada is a state." On 23 September 2026 the Prime Minister told The New York Times he had prepared for the "extreme tail risk" of American military action against Canada.

In the same 2 years the King received the President at Windsor Castle. On 28 April 2026, at the state dinner in the White House, the King reminded him in jest that he is the head of state of Canada. The Northwood Declaration of the United Kingdom and France does not name Canada. The joint statement of Australia and Canada of 5 March 2026 names neither the United States nor the sovereignty of Canada. On 15 May 2025 The Round Table recorded that the Commonwealth Secretary-General had issued no statement of solidarity with Canada. No published instrument obliges the government of any other realm of the King to answer a nuclear attack on Canada with any particular action. New citizens of Canada swear allegiance to the King, his heirs and his successors.

Since 9 December 2022 the Members of the National Assembly sit on an oath to the people of Quebec alone, under Bill 4, S.Q. 2022, c. 30. On 26 October 2022 the House of Commons negatived a motion to sever ties between the Canadian State and the British monarchy, 266 to 44, in Vote No. 199.

Under section 41(a) of the Constitution Act, 1982, an amendment on the office of the Queen needs resolutions of the Senate, the House of Commons and the legislative assembly of each province. Section 46(1) reads: "The procedures for amendment under sections 38, 41, 42 and 43 may be initiated either by the Senate or the House of Commons or by the legislative assembly of a province." The National Assembly may start the procedure itself. It does not need Ottawa to begin.

On 29 September 2026 requests under the Access to Information Act went to the Privy Council Office, Global Affairs Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. They ask what the Government of Canada asked of the King, of the Royal Household and of the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand after 7 January 2025, and what was answered. They ask for the record behind the words "served to reaffirm Canada's sovereignty" in the material of the Department of Canadian Heritage for the appearance of its Minister before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on 5 May 2026, and for the authority for the oath of citizenship now administered. The answers are due on 29 October 2026.

The record, with its sources and a checksum for each capture, is at https://dzyuban.com/reformation/.

2 acts are open to you, and each takes a yes or a no.

Table in the National Assembly a motion that initiates, under section 46(1), an amendment under section 41(a) on the office of the King in Canada.

State in writing whether the Parti Québécois will vote for such a motion if another Member tables it first.

Answer by 14 October 2026, in French or in English. A refusal in writing is an answer and is recorded as one. Silence is recorded as silence.

Respectfully,
Danilo Dzyuban