( English version)
O
Canada!
Our
home and native land!
True
patriot love in all thy sons command.
With
glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The
true north strong and free!
From
far and wide, O Canada,
We
stand on guard for thee.
God
keep our land, glorious and free!
O
Canada we stand on guard for thee.
O
Canada we stand on guard for thee.
(Bill C-36, adopted 1980)
O Canada
(New politically correct version)
Yo! Canada.
Our domicile
and current place of residence.
True feelings
of nationalistic contentment, in everybody kindly request.
With glowing
organs, we observe thy ascendance,
The true relatively north empowered and unshackled,
From considerable
expanses - eh, Canada? - we're looking out for thee.
May the non-gender-specific
deity maintain our geographical mass, strong yet sensitive and liberated!
Yo Canada,
we're looking out for thee.
Yo Canada,
we're looking out for the majorities, minorities, downtrodden. depressed,
repressed, undressed, differently-looking, otherly-abled, preferentially
varied individuals and group entities
AND...thee.
(Michael Friesen, Fredericton, NB, 1992)