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Rivers Banner

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Mar 19, 2010

Page

7

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.

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.

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.

Ron Petrie Westman Journal Regina Leader-Post

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