National Anthem and House of Commons

: He lives with ALS, and had to use computer software to deliver his speech, according to Globe and Mail. He said that he believes Canadians are ready to ensure that our national anthem reflects the nation and the people that we really are in this 21st century. Perhaps they would have said: You have controversies over the national anthem and not the location of mass unmarked graves I definitely picked the right country! Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger arrived at the House of Commons last month by ambulance to support Bill C-210, his private member bill that would change the English-language lyrics of O Canada from all thy sons command to all of us command. Pretty simple, you'd think. But to certain historical essentialists – the ones who prefer things as they were more than a century ago, when my great-grandmothers were at home, voteless, cursing the butter churn – this smacks of political correctness. Pretty reasonable, too, a change of a couple of words that very few people ever sing, except on the rare occasions they're at a ball game or a graduation ceremony. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.