Skip to content

Should we change the lyrics to O Canada?

Canada’s national anthem may be getting a rewrite. With the wage gap showing no signs of narrowing, a Liberal MP is chasing symbolic equality by replacing the line “all thy sons,” with the more inclusive, “all of us.

Canada’s national anthem may be getting a rewrite.

With the wage gap showing no signs of narrowing, a Liberal MP is chasing symbolic equality by replacing the line “all thy sons,” with the more inclusive, “all of us.”

He’s been branded a politically correct zealot but he’s not advocating a change, rather a change back.

The line “all thy sons” was inserted in 1913, possibly as a gesture to the women’s suffrage movement. Changing  the song wouldn’t raze heritage, it would lower a middle finger.

Send us a letter via email by clicking here or post a comment below.