Recently, I spoke in the House of Commons about my Private Member`s Bill C-624: An Act to amend the English lyrics of O Canada to render them inclusive of all Canadians – to recognize women, above all.  The response I got from the government side of the House was baffling. There would be no support from government benches on this initiative because, according to Costas Menegakis, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, “research was conducted to seek Canadians' opinion on this subject and there was a clear indication that Canadians loved their anthem and wished to see it kept as it is.”The often-cited poll from Forum Research in 2013 is the point of contention.  When asking Canadians if they supported a departure from the existing lyrics, Forum got the original lyrics wrong!  Even the Toronto Star in reporting these numbers didn't catch the fact that the existing lyrics are 'all thy sons command' and not 'all her sons command' as both organizations would have us believe.  Wrongly, the Forum poll asked their sample of Canadians its views on changing the Anthem from 'all her sons command' to 'all of us command'.How could this mistake have possibly been made?  In misplacing 'her sons' for 'thy sons' one lends to the lyrics an indication of reference to our female monarch.  Let me be unequivocal: in updating the lyrics to be inclusive there is no intention of removing any reference to Her Majesty.So here's my reality check: The existing lyrics incite singers to intone 'True patriot love in all thy sons command' and many want to change that to 'True patriot love in all of us command'.  It's a change whose time has come.  Actually, it's not really a change but a return to the first version by Judge R. Stanley Weir in 1908 in which he used the term 'us'.As I said in the House of Commons, there are many reasons we would want to sing 'in all of us command'.  We love our country and all of its people.  Our anthem is important to us, and we want it to clearly include every Canadian.  All of us are proud to sing 'O Canada', and 'O Canada' should embrace all of us.Further to my Parliamentary interventions, I too have commissioned a poll.  The results of this recent survey conducted by Mainstreet Technologies, are very different (from the Forum poll referred to by Mr. Menegakis) because accurate language is used.  The questions and answers provided by more than 5,000 Canadians show solid support for a change in the lyrics from 'in all thy sons command' to 'in all of us command': 58% of Canadians approve or strongly approve this change and only 19% disapprove or strongly disapprove.   The margin of error is 1.35%, 19 times out of 20.  Additional details of the survey can be found at www.mauril.ca/news.  You can also see the poll questions and results on www.singallofus.caOn April 23rd, I asked the Government how it justified basing its position on the results of a question which misrepresented the current lyrics of 'O Canada'.  As usual, I received a disrespectful non-answer.On April 27th, we will have the second hour of debate and on April 29th, a vote on the bill.  Let us hope that a majority of MPs will vote to amend 'O Canada' to include 'all of us'.  It is the right thing to do.Honourable Mauril Bélanger is the Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier.Click here to view M. Bélanger's statements in the House of Commons on this matter.Click here to view the 'Sing All of Us' movement's website, including more information about the survey by Mainstreet Technologies.Click here to view the October, 2013, Forum Research poll.