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By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Canadian senate passes bill for gender neutral anthem lyrics The Senate passed a bill making Canada’s national anthem gender neutral. The House of Commons had passed a bill in 2016 changing “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.” “O Canada” has been the country’s official national anthem since 1980 and, in that time, 12 bills have been introduced in the House of Commons to change the gendered phase “sons.” The bill was opposed by some Conservative senators who did not agree with Parliament changing the words of a song written by a long…

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