Chantal Kreviazuk, the Canadian Grammy-award winning singer, changed the lyrics to O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off game against the United States on Thursday in response to repeated comments about absorbing Canada as a “51st state.”
A representative confirmed in an email to CBC News that Kreviazuk intentionally sang “that only us command” instead of “in all of us command” to protest the rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Kreviazuk, 50, posted a photo of the adjusted lyrics written on her hand on Instagram.
“In this very peculiar and potentially consequential moment I truly believe that we must stand up, use our voices and try to protect ourselves,” wrote Kreviazuk, who is from Winnipeg.
“We should express our outrage in the face of any abuses of power.”
WATCH | Kreviazuk’s lyric change during O Canada: Singer Chantal Kreviazuk performed Canada’s national anthem at Thursday’s 4 Nations Face-Off final against the United States in Boston. But instead of ‘in all …