Canada. Blessed land of hockey and poutine. Home of loonies and toonies, Kraft Dinner and Unibroue, Bryan Adams and Fucked Up and Samantha Bee and Kevin Owens and the mighty Montreal Canadiens. BOUS.
It’s also the home of world’s dreamiest/most Daddy politician in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
And it’s Trudeau’s parliament that have just made the move to make Canada just a little bit more excellent.
The Canadian Parliament just passed a vote that will see the country’s national anthem ‘O Canada‘ become completely gender-neutral.
MPs voted to change the lyrics of the song very slightly, but in a way that will implicitly recognise Canada’s female population.
Previously, a line in the song stated “in all thy sons command.” The amended line from now on will instead be “in all of us command.”
What’s more, the push for the change was made by MP Mauril Belanger of the governing Liberal Party, who is suffering from the final stages of terminal Motor Neurone Disease.
Trudeau and his fellow parliamentarians stood and applauded Belanger, who is wheelchair-bound, after the vote passed Canada’s lower house.
Sadly, however, it’s feared Belanger may not live to see the change come into effect, as the Canadian senate is not expected to see the bill before it rises for the summer.
This isn’t the first time the change in the anthem has been floated, with Canada’s conservative party attempting a similar change back in 2010 that was defeated.
Nonetheless, it fits in extremely well with a Trudeau administration that’s put a clear emphasis on gender equality and inclusive policy making since coming to power last year.
YOU GO, CANADA. YOU GO.
Source: BBC.
