OTTAWA — A month before Canada Day, a private member’s bill to make the language of the national anthem gender-neutral is facing another roadblock. His struggle with the disease was public, and so was his championing of the national anthem bill, which passed the Commons last June but which still must be approved by the Senate. To change the specific language proposed by Bélanger isn’t necessarily a bad idea, Lankin conceded. I think it accomplishes gender neutrality, and I think it is the heritage language of O Canada,” she said. Lankin said Conservatives have been obstructing the bill from coming to a vote before Canada Day, when Canada 150 celebrations could be a showcase for a new gender-neutral anthem.

Source: National Post May 31, 2017 18:35 UTC