Laila El Mugammar: Every time I stand for the Canadian national anthem, I think about the song’s composer, who founded a blackface minstrel troupe. What does it mean to sing the melody of a man who wore me as a costume?
Remigio Pereira, one of The Tenors, seems to believe the earth is flat—and posts links about Alzheimer’s and fluoride
Why ‘All Lives Matter’ is a deeply unproductive statement—especially when you’re co-opting Canada’s anthem on national TV
Now that Bill C-210 is before Senate, and will likely become law, what do some of Canada’s artistic minds think of O Canada?
The veteran MP on why it’s important for Canada to have a gender-neutral anthem, and on pushing legislation while fighting ALS
The Maclean’s Ottawa bureau’s weekly audio debrief on all things #cdnpoli
Evan Solomon on anthem politics
Peter Goldring supports a gender-neutral national anthem
Our readers weigh in on the national anthem debate
Emma Teitel sings the praises of ‘O Canada’
A campaign for O Canada, while Edward Snowden is nominated for a human rights award
In the early years of the last century it wasn’t clear what the English lyrics should be