You may not know this, but the Canadian Anthem moved one step closer today in having changes made to it, by passing a second reading, by a vote 225-74. It now moves to the Senate where it has support as well.
The following is from Mauril Belanger the M.P whom is the author of the bill.
Dear friends,
It was a pleasure for me to be in the House of Commons on Friday, May 6th to move second reading of Bill C-210, An Act to amend the National Anthem Act.
My bill proposes a simple change in the English version only of our anthem. It proposes that “True patriot love in all thy sons command” become “True patriot love in all of us command”. Changing only two words, “thy sons” to “of us”, gives Canada an inclusive anthem that respects what we were, and what we have become, as a country.
I strongly believe that Canadians now are ready for an inclusive national anthem.
The objective of Bill C-210 is to honour the contribution and sacrifice of our Canadian women, in addition to those of our men, in our national anthem. It is to underscore that all of us, regardless of our gender or our origins, contribute to our unique country.
Today, I urged all my colleagues of the House of Commons to support my Bill.
I will keep you updated on the next steps.
Mauril
As you may know Mr. Belanger is suffering from a grave illness and may not see the results of the bill passing the Senate as the house will recess for the summer soon and this will most likely not be dealt with till the fall.
On a personal note I can tell you that Mr. Belanger is a Patriot and has followed us and the work that we do, having had communications with him in the past.
