The singer Chanto Kreviazuk changed the letter of the Canadian national anthem during the championship game between the United States and Canada on Thursday, adding more light to a tournament already full of.
Kreviazuk changed the phrase “in all of us command” to “let us only command” in his performance before the initial whistle of “O Canada”, later a picture of his hand in which the letter changed on Instagram was written.
Publicist Adam Gonshor told Kreviazuk the change to protest against the president’s comments about transforming Canada into the 51st US state.
Kreviazuk, who is from Winnipeg, alluded to the friction between the two countries on Instagram, writing: “Art, for me, is an expression of our truth and, at this time so peculiar and potentially consequent, I truly believe that we should lift ourselves, Use our voices and try to protect ourselves … No – we must express our outrage at any abuses of power. I was created in part by the song that was inspired by courageous voices committed to the peaceful resolution of conflict. Canada, like A, is a sovereign nation. full stop. We have an individual culture for others. We are united in our values. We worry. We are kind. We are strong. ”
Since taking office, Trump has repeatedly claimed his desire to see Canada becomes the 51st US state, attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and threatened with massive tariffs that would have a devastating impact on Canada’s economy.
This led “The Star-Spangled Banner” to be in recent weeks, including Saturday in Montreal, before the first confrontation between the two teams in the 4 Nations Face-off.
“The Canada” was booed briefly before Thursday’s game in Boston, but it seemed that much of the crowd was singing the Canadian anthem at the end of the game.
Canada won 3-2 in the extension and won the first 4 Nations Face-OFF-one in a half of the time organized by NHL.
After the game, Kreviazuk shared his on Instagram making a hand gesture with the caption: “And justice prevails.”
After the game, Trudeau emphasized recent discord between the US and Canada, publishing in X: “You can’t keep our country – and you can’t keep our game.”
You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau)
