As Matt reported earlier this morning, Team USA was unfortunately defeated in the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday after Team Canada pulled off a 3-2 overtime win. It was an electric game that was hyped up after three fights broke out seconds into their first matchup after fans in Montreal booed our national anthem. Tensions have been high between the two nations since President Trump’s tariff threats and annexation talk. On Thursday, U.S. fans got their chance to boo “O Canada” at the game in Boston, but close listeners noticed something different about their anthem.
Indeed, Canadian Grammy-award winning singer Chantal Kreviazuk confirmed she made an edit to “O Canada” in response to Trump’s 51st state comments.
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." (CBC)
That was an interesting version of the Canadian national anthem...
— Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) February 21, 2025
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gloated after the game, writing on X: "You can't take our country — and you can't take our game.”
The 51st state is talking a lot of trash. https://t.co/kbf2SHhfaI
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 21, 2025
