Daughters, singing sons!

Well, the gender bias in Canada's national anthem finally hit the sheer ridiculous last night.

There they were, freshly re-minted Olympic gold medalists all, the Canadian women's hockey team proudly singing along as the Canadian flag was raised in full world view: "O Canada, Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command."

Isn't it time we shook out a few cobwebs and joined the modern world? No argument is capable of surmounting the unfairness inherent in those lyrics.

In all our hearts command...In all of us command...what 'sons' is replaced with is far less important than the very act of replacing it.