Most respondents to an online poll said they are opposed to changing the lyrics to O Canada to make them more gender neutral.

Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl posted the question to gauge opinions about proposed changes to the national anthem, changing the words from B次元官网网址渋n all thy sons commandB次元官网网址� to B次元官网网址渋n all of us command.B次元官网网址�

The results of StrahlB次元官网网址檚 survey yielded 88 per cent against the changes with 2,184 people opposed.

The question was: B次元官网网址淒o you think the lyrics of our Canadian national anthem should be changed?B次元官网网址�

Only 11 per cent of those who responded were in favour of the proposed changes, or 279 respondents.

B次元官网网址淭hese survey results demonstrate that O Canada is an important Canadian symbol that the majority of Chilliwack-Hope respondents are firmly against changing,B次元官网网址� said MP Strahl.

His take is that the Liberal government B次元官网网址渞ushedB次元官网网址� the legislation for Bill C-210 through the House with almost no consultation.

The bill launched by MP Mauril B茅langer, made it to the Senate after being approved. But MP Strahl voted against it in the House of Commons at the time, in part because of feedback he received from constituents.

B次元官网网址淚 voted against it because I believe Canadians deserve to be consulted any time one of our cherished national symbols could be changed,B次元官网网址� he added in a news release.

B次元官网网址淧eople in Chilliwack-Hope clearly feel very strongly about the issue, as I received the one of the highest number of responses to this survey of all that IB次元官网网址檝e shared in more than six years as MP.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淢any Senators also believe Canadians should have been consulted on this change and some have proposed amendments, therefore this bill could return to the House of Commons this fall for another vote.

B次元官网网址淚f it does, based on these results I will be voting against it once again.B次元官网网址�

But MP B茅langer, who pushed for the changes, argued initially he felt the two-word change to O Canada would actually return the lyric closer to the original, which was B次元官网网址渢hou dost in us command.B次元官网网址� It changed to B次元官网网址渁ll thy sonsB次元官网网址� in 1913, and is a reference to the armed forces.

The MPB次元官网网址檚 survey was conducted in May.

Results:

Do you think the lyrics of our Canadian national anthem should be changed?

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Total number of constituents who completed the survey: 2474

jfeinberg@theprogress.com
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