Nickle Resolution

The Nickel Resolution, passed by the Canadian House of Commons in 1919, forbids Canadians from accepting or holding titles of honour in foreign countries. This policy was reaffirmed in 1968 when Lester B. Pearson's government published "Regulations respecting the acceptance and wearing by Canadians of Commonwealth and foreign orders, decorations and medals;" and again in 1988 when the government of Brian Mulroney published "Policy Respecting the Awarding of an Order, Decoration or Medal by a Commonwealth or Foreign Government."

The most well known application of the Nickel Resolution occurred when Prime Minister Jean Chretien used it to prevent Canadian publishing mogul Conrad Black from becoming a British Lord. Black took the Prime Minister to court, which upheld the government's interpretation of the Resolution.