Revision of O Canada Anthem Sparks Gender Equality Debate
Editor notes a push to amend the national anthem for gender equality. A columnist argues replacing "all our sons" with "all of us" reflects equal worth, citing the deaths of Canadian women in Afghanistan and Charter rights as support for legislative change.
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Hayley Wickenheiser
Christine Nesbitt
Vancouver
Canada
Cyprus
Afghanistan
Nichola Goddard
Karine Blais
Maritimes
Newfoundland and Labrador
Taylor Field
Parliament urged to review original gender neutral anthem wording
The Rivers Banner notes a March 19 2010 push by Janet Keeping to have Parliament examine the 1908 O Canada lyrics for gender neutrality. It cites Keeping as president of the Sheldon Chumb Foundation for Ethics in Leadership in Calgary and presents the historic verse highlighting phrases about Canada its provinces and national identity.
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O Canada
Janet Keeping
Ken Waddell
Rivers and Neepawa Banner
The
Sheldon Chumb
Canada
Robert Stanley Weir
United Nations
Canada Council
Pacific Coast
Interior
Prairies
Canada anthem overhaul sparks satire and reform talk
A column rails against ongoing revisions to O Canada proposing broad rewrites and gender neutral shifts while lampooning the changing lyrics and national pride. It cites political debate, cultural commentary, and a humorously critical mashup ending with author attribution to Ron Petrie in Westman Journal and Regina Leader-Post.
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Ron Petrie
Westman Journal
Regina Leader-Post