Council members of one Canadian town are refusing to pledge fealty to King Charles.According to a recent report from the BBC, Stephen Johnson—the mayor-elect of Dawson, City, located in the Yukon Territory in Canada—and newly elected council members are refusing to take the King's Oath and pledge allegiance to Charles.

A town council in Canada is at a standstill after its newly elected members refused to pledge allegiance to King Charles III as required in the swearing-in ceremony.

The small town of Dawson City, in northwest Canada, is at a legal standstill after its mayor-elect refused to take an oath of allegiance to King Charles III in an act of solidarity

Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City, said he and the four-member council refused to take Canada’s official oath to the monarch on Nov. 5 because of the Crown’s history with Indigenous populations.

Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City, said he and the four-member council refused to take Canada’s official oath to the monarch because of the Crown’s history with Indigenous populations

A spokesperson for the Yukon Government says the territory does not want to force a municipal by-election in Dawson City, despite legislation saying that may be necessary.Earlier this month, the newly-elected town councillors in Dawson refused to take the oath of allegiance to the King while being sworn in to office.

Dawson City, a small town in northwest Canada, is at a standstill as its newly elected mayor refuses to take an oath of allegiance to King Charles III in a major act of defiance

The Canadian town of Dawson City is in legal limbo, with its city council unable to make any official decisions until the town's mayor-elect is officially sworn in after he refused to take an oath of

The refusal is in solidarity with new council member Darwyn Lynn, a member of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation