Mr. Speaker, next week we will vote on an act to amend the English version of our anthem to make it more inclusive.
The government said it would oppose the bill based on the results of a question in a 2013 poll. That question was, “It has been suggested that the wording of O Canada be changed from 'in all her sons command' to 'in all of us command'.” The current words are “True patriot love in all thy sons command”, not “her sons”.
How does the government justify basing its position on the result of a question which misrepresented the current lyrics of O Canada?