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O Canada now officially gender neutral after bill receives royal assent
Source: CBC News
O Canada now officially gender neutral after bill receives royal assent
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disappointed by how the government went about changing anthem
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2018 2:32 PM ET | Last Updated: February 7
The national anthem is now officially gender neutral after legislation altering the lyrics received royal assent Wednesday morning, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters.
Joly, standing alongside Catherine Bélanger, the wife of the bill's original sponsor Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger who died of ALS in 2016, said the line "in all thy sons command" has now been officially replaced with "in all of us command."
"His long advocacy for the subject has actually changed the course of our history. Now, women across this country will be well-reflected in their own national anthem," Joly said as she looked at Bélanger's widow.
"This is a wonderful day. My granddaughters and I are on cloud nine and I am sure Mauril is smiling," Bélanger said.
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disappointed by how the government went about changing anthem
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2018 2:32 PM ET | Last Updated: February 7
The national anthem is now officially gender neutral after legislation altering the lyrics received royal assent Wednesday morning, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters.
Joly, standing alongside Catherine Bélanger, the wife of the bill's original sponsor Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger who died of ALS in 2016, said the line "in all thy sons command" has now been officially replaced with "in all of us command."
"His long advocacy for the subject has actually changed the course of our history. Now, women across this country will be well-reflected in their own national anthem," Joly said as she looked at Bélanger's widow.
"This is a wonderful day. My granddaughters and I are on cloud nine and I am sure Mauril is smiling," Bélanger said.
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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/o-canada-gender-neutral-melanie-joly-1.4524764
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