Senators want to pass Bélanger’s gender neutral national anthem bill this fall

After getting fast-tracked through the House, Senators agree committee study is needed, but supporters are confident O Canada bill will pass by winter break, if not sooner.

Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger's private member's bill is the first MP bill to pass into the Senate this session. Senators say they are confident the bill will pass not long after the Senate resumes sitting. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

July 11, 2016

Senators say they are confident Canadians will soon be singing the new gender-neutral version of O Canada proposed in Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger’s private member’s bill, C-210, which is currently before the Red Chamber and could become law this fall. Officially known as An Act to amen...

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