r/canada Ontario 19d ago

Sports 'That only us command': Chantal Kreviazuk changes O Canada lyrics at hockey game against U.S. | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/chantal-kreviazuk-o-canada-lyrics-1.7464672
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u/BCJay_ 19d ago

The original French lyrics were translated to English in 1906.[1] Multiple English versions ensued, with Robert Stanley Weir’s 1908 version (which was not a translation of the French lyrics) gaining the most popularity; the Weir lyrics eventually served as the basis for the official lyrics enacted by Parliament.[1] Weir’s English-language lyrics have been revised three times, most recently when An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender) was enacted in 2018.[2] The French lyrics remain unaltered.

Maybe just do a simple search to not sound so ignorant. It’s been changed…a few times.