Anthem singer Chantal Kreviazuk confirms she changed O Canada lyrics in response to Donald Trump
Kreviazuk says she was making a political statement with O Canada
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Chantal Kreviazuk turned the TD Garden into a political arena.
The Winnipeg-born Grammy nominee changed the words to O Canada before Team Canada faced off against the United States in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Boston on Thursday night.
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Canada won 3-2 in overtime thanks to Connor McDavid’s winner.
Kreviazuk’s publicist Adam Gonshor confirmed to Postmedia that Kreviazuk changed the lyric from ‘in all of us command’ to ‘that only us command’ because of President Donald Trump’s continuous calls for Canada to become the 51st state.
That was initially lost to everybody on social media but Kreviazuk tried to explain her position on Instagram later in the night.
She also admitted that she could have sounded better because her performance was widely panned.
“I am sorry if my performance of our national anthem rubbed you the wrong way,” Kreviazuk wrote. “If I was a little off-pitch or if it wasn’t perfect in its tone. I am sorry if I messed up the French line I inserted to bring some balance to our nation’s history without losing those words “glorious and free” in English.”
Kreviazuk said if there are people in Canada who feel the country would be better off being taken over by the United States she doesn’t have any sympathy for them. She said had to do something and couldn’t sit idly by.
“I am sorry if you think that we’d be better off annexed,” she added. “Here is the thing. Art to me is an expression of our truth. and in this very peculiar and potentially consequential moment, I truly believe that we must stand up, use our voices and try to protect ourselves.
“No, we should express our outrage in the face of any abuses of power. I was raised in part by music that was inspired by brave voices committed to peaceful conflict resolution. Canada, not unlike Ukraine is a sovereign nation, period! We have a culture individual to others. We are united in our values. We care. We’re kind. We are strong.”
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