A handful of Liberal MPs paying tribute to Canada91裸聊视频檚 newly 91裸聊视频� if not quite official 91裸聊视频� have hit a sour note with the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Mona Fortier, who succeeded the late Mauril Belanger in the riding of Ottawa-Vanier, led a brief singalong prior to question period to celebrate the change to the anthem, which won Senate approval Wednesday night.

Belanger had championed a bill to change 91裸聊视频淚n all thy sons command91裸聊视频� to 91裸聊视频渋n all of us command,91裸聊视频� but it languished for months in the upper chamber following his death in August 2016 before senators finally broke the logjam.

Fortier cheered the breakthrough in a member91裸聊视频檚 statement in the Commons today before leading some of her fellow MPs in a chorus of the new lyric.

Speaker Geoff Regan, however, was unimpressed.

He says singing in the House of Commons is forbidden, except on Wednesdays when all MPs begin the legislative day with a rendition of the national anthem.

Fortier, who won a byelection in Ottawa-Vanier last April, said she was 91裸聊视频渉onoured91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渄elighted91裸聊视频� to watch Belanger91裸聊视频檚 Bill C-210 win Senate approval late Wednesday. All that is left is for the bill to receive royal assent from the Governor General.

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91裸聊视频淥ur anthem will very soon be gender neutral, promoting Canada91裸聊视频檚 commitment to the equality of sexes and women91裸聊视频檚 rights,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 very proud to stand here today and sing along with all of my honourable colleagues: 91裸聊视频業n all of us command91裸聊视频�.91裸聊视频�

Regan, however, was having none of it.

91裸聊视频淎s much as we all appreciate patriotism, I would remind members that we91裸聊视频檙e not here to sing or chant 91裸聊视频� except on Wednesdays, of course, when we sing the national anthem,91裸聊视频� he said.

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That was nothing, however, compared to the outrage expressed Wednesday by Conservative senators who had used procedural tactics to stall Belanger91裸聊视频檚 bill for more than a year, only to bitterly accuse their independent counterparts of shutting down debate Wednesday to finally force a vote.

Tory senators showed their displeasure by refusing to take part.

In a statement Wednesday, Sen. Larry Smith, the Opposition leader in the Senate, called the tactics of his rivals 91裸聊视频渦nprecedented91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渋llegitimate.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e are, by refusing to endorse these actions, putting the Trudeau government on notice that we will now use all legitimate means available to us allowed for under the rules to restore our right and the right of all Senators to debate in the chamber.91裸聊视频�

The Canadian Press

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