Originally posted by oneinthesameWhy stir up a whole debate about this, as it doesn't seem to have been a priority for the last hundred years or so. And why during the week were the federal budget comes out? Is this just a distraction from other issues?
I think 'distraction' is the correct terminology, although Harper DID mention women's issues as a priority in Davos earlier.
Anything to swing focus away from the more pressing issues... the prorogation, the dissolution of the panel looking into Afghan Detainee treatment, the parliamentary demand for documents relating to the abuse of prisoners while under Canadian control, the Omar Khadr affair and a host of other issues bedevilling the Harper government.
Why not just go back to the way our national anthem was initially written?
From your link:
The earlier version of the anthem, written in 1908 by Robert Stanley Weir, read: “true patriot love thou dost in us command.” The more familiar version was being used more widely by 1927, when it was used during the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation.
No gender issues there.
