New Delhi :
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau who proudly calls himself a feminist is now eyeing some changes in the national anthem on the similar lines.
The new liberal Canadian government under Justin Trudeau has already shown its commitment towards attaining equality through the appointment of a cabinet with equal numbers of women and men.
Now the government is considering to make some changes to the national anthem in order to make the most coveted of symbols more representative of the population.
A few days ago Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger introduced a bill which would change one of the lines in the “ O Canada” anthem from “True patriot love in all thy sons command” — to “all of us command”.
“With my bill, I want to pay tribute to all the women who have worked and fought to build and shape the Canada that we know today,” Bélanger said in a statement. “I want to at long last honor their sacrifices and contribution.”
Previously also there have been many attempts to change the national anthem but these were sometime or the other thwarted by conservatives who deemed it ‘grammatically unnecessary.’
They argued further that the majority of Canadian soldiers were males hence it has been a bottleneck for the Canadian government. Now that it is considering to make some changes to the anthem in order to make it more female- friendly and less sexist.
If passed, the phrase “True patriot love in all thy sons command” would be changed to the more gender-inclusive “all of us command.”
