42% of respondents aged 18 to 34 supported the proposed move, while 53% of respondents aged 35 or older said they oppose the change
The proposed resolution put forward by Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie would — if passed by council — ask Ottawa to alter the line that reads “O Canada! Our home and native land” to “O Canada! Our home on native land.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The results indicate 33 per cent of those polled support changing the anthem, with 48 per cent opposed, and 19 per cent saying they don’t know. Support for the change was higher among younger Canadians, with 42 per cent of respondents aged 18 to 34 supporting the proposed move.The poll cannot be assigned a margin of error because online surveys are not considered truly random samples.
Juno-winning R&B singer Jully Black made the one-word change to the anthem during a performance of the NBA All-Star Game in February, to acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land before European settlers.Advertisement 3
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