Feds backtrack on promise to review anthem
OTTAWA — Two days after promising to review the wording of the English version of the national anthem to make it "gender-neutral," the Prime Minister's Office shelved those plans in the wake of "overwhelming" opposition to the idea.
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http://www.canada.com/news/national/Feds+backtrack+promise+review+anthem/2646854/story.htmlI love it! It seems the need to prorogue Parliament in order to consult with their members, etc, didn't quite work out that way, lol.
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Edited to add another article with more info on this:
Conservatives ditch plan to revise anthem
The Harper government announced this afternoon that it is abandoning its promise to make the national anthem gender neutral by taking out the reference to “sons command” and replacing it with its original lyrics – “true patriot love thou dost in us command.”
“The Government will not proceed any further to change our national anthem,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman Dimitri Soudas said late this afternoon. “We offered to hear from Canadians on this issue and they have already spoken loud and clear.”
“They overwhelmingly do not want to open the issue.’
The suggestion to change the lyrics – one line in a 6,000 word Speech from the Throne – captured the imagination of Canadians. It also drew the ire of many in the Conservative base.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/conservatives-ditch-plan-to-revise-anthem/article1491641/