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The Nickle Resolution was not a law or act of Parliament; it was a motion (brought forward by Conservative MP William Folger Nickle) that an address be made to the King, requesting that he not grant "any title of honour or titular distinction ... save such appellations as are of a professional or vocational character or which appertain to an office", and that all hereditary titles held by Canadians become extinct upon the death of the incumbent. Although the resolution was passed by the Commons, the address to the King was never actually sent. Nevertheless, grants to Canadians ceased until they were revived by Richard Bedford Bennett during his term as prime minister, 1930 to 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo. Bennett's government allowed several prominent Canadians to receive knighthoods, including Chief Justices Francis Alexander AnglinThe Right Honourable Francis Alexander Anglin ( April 2 1865 March 2 1933) was Chief Justice of Canada from September 16 1924 until February 28 1933. Anglin studied law at the Law Society of Upper Canada (which in those days taught law) and was called to and Lyman Poore DuffThe Right Honourable Sir Lyman Poore Duff ( Ontario, 1865 1955) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as acting Governor General of Canada in 1940. Born in Ontario, he moved to British Columbia to practice law. He became a su and RCMP commissioner James Howden MacBrien .

When William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King Rank 10th Date of Birth December 17, 1874 Place of Birth Kitchener, Ontario Marriage never married Profession lawyer Political Party Liberal Party of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King ( December 17, 1874 July 22, 1950) was the returned to power in 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo, he reinstated the former policy, which has been in effect ever since.

The best known modern applications of the Nickle Resolution occurred when Prime Minister Jean ChrétienJoseph Jacques Jean Chretien (born January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. The Rt Hon. Jean Chretien Rank 20th Term of Office November 3, 1993 December 12, 2003 used it to prevent Canadian publishing mogul Conrad BlackConrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born August 25, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-born British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. He is the latest in a series of Canadian-born British press lords--his predecessors were Ma from becoming a British life peerIn the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). Nowadays, life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peera. Black took the Prime Minister to court, which upheld the government's interpretation of the Resolution. Black eventually gave up his Canadian citizenship and was created Lord Black of Crossharbour in 2001.

Other Commonwealth Realms that do not allow British titles are Australia and New Zealand. Other countries such as Jamaica and Papua New Guinea still allow the practice.