Rufus Wainwright carried out the Canadian Nationwide Anthem “O Canada” forward of Sport 5 of the MLB World Collection on Thursday, October thirtieth, and he modified a lyric to dig at Trump’s “51st state” feedback about Canada.
As an alternative of singing authentic lyric “in all of us command,” Wainwright, who’s a twin US and Canadian citizen, modified the lyrics to “that solely us command;” the lyric twist implies that solely Canadians have a proper to find out their nation’s future. All through his second time period, Trump has recommended that Canada depends on the US completely and may ought to hand over its independence and grow to be a part of america, inflicting uproar from each Canadians and Individuals.
Wainwright, a Montreal-raised singer-songwriter, delivered the anthem in each English and French at Dodger Stadium, and he hasn’t been the one Canadian pushing again in opposition to Trump’s feedback: Fellow musician Chantal Kreviazuk made the identical lyrical change through the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey ultimate in Boston this previous February, whereas singer JP Saxe modified the anthem throughout Sport 3 of the World Collection by substituting “our house on homeland” for “our house and homeland” — a change R&B artist Jully Black pioneered on the 2023 NBA All-Star sport to acknowledge Indigenous peoples.
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The Blue Jays prevailed throughout Sport 5, beating the Dodgers 6-1. Sport 6 continues tonight, October thirty first, in Toronto, with sport 7 (if essential) happening in Toronto the next day.
