During a town hall meeting on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested a woman say "peoplekind" instead of "mankind," as part of a larger effort by the Canadian government to make language inclusivity a priority. On Thursday, the Canadian senate passed a bill making the country's national anthem gender neutral. While Trudeau's intent with his comments was to promote inclusivity, he was widely mocked by critics for his remarks.
The young woman, who was reportedly affiliated with the World Mission Society Church of God, was in the middle of asking Trudeau about policies related to religious charitable organizations in Canada when she said, “Maternal love is the love that is going to change the future of mankind." That's when Trudeau cut her off.
"We like to say 'peoplekind,'" he said, "not necessarily 'mankind.'" The audience applauded after his comments, but some Twitter users were shocked that Trudeau, a man, would cut off a woman to tell her that "mankind" was offensive, while others wondered if the prime minster was attempting to make a joke.
It's clear by the country's recent initiatives that Trudeau is not kidding. In the new gender neutral version of the anthem, the second line of the song, "O Canada" will be changed from “true patriot love, in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.”
Many liberals and independents celebrated Canada's newfound commitment to gender equity. Independent Ontario Sen. Frances Lankin told the Canadian Broadcast Corporation she was happy about the national anthem change.
Author Warren Kinsella wrote on Twitter that while Trudeau's comments were "dumb," conservatives will "treat it like a war crime for weeks, which is also dumb."
It's true that many conservatives have been tearing into the prime minister since he made the off-hand remark. A lot of them are making jokes about what other "politically incorrect" words will soon be made "illegal."
Trudeau has long built a reputation for himself as a feminist and supporter of equal rights. In an op-ed for Marie Claire in October 2017, Trudeau advocated that people should raise their boys as feminists, because, he said, "our sons have the power and the responsibility to change our culture of sexism."
He said that teaching boys to be feminists allows them to be more empathetic and to “escape the pressure to be a particular kind of masculine that is so damaging to men and to the people around them."
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