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Does Canada need a gender neutral national anthem?

ABOVE: A group of Canadian women want a gender neutral O Canada. Minna Rhee reports.  

TORONTO – Do you think the Canadian national anthem should be changed to be gender-neutral?

A group of prominent Canadian women – including former Prime Minister Kim Campbell and author Margaret Attwood – think so and have launched a website (RestoreOurAnthem.ca) in support of the campaign.

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Read more: Margaret Atwood joins campaign for gender-neutral ‘O Canada’

In 1913, the lyrics to Judge Robert Stanley Weir’s original lyrics of O Canada “in all of us command” were changed to “in all thy sons command.”

The campaign wants to reverse that century-old decision in an effort to make the song gender-neutral.

Do you think the lyrics should be changed? Vote in our poll.

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