Friday, March 05, 2010

No gender netural O Canada! anthem after all

Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo by Sue Frause.
"OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has changed his mind on the national anthem — it's fine just the way it is. Two days after Harper, in the speech from the throne, said his government would review the wording of the English version of O Canada, with an eye toward making it "gender neutral," the idea was abruptly shelved."
Click on to read the rest of the Canwest story: Tories flip-flop on changes to national anthem

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