A Toronto high school’s decision to play an Arabic version of “O Canada” on Oct. 7 — the two-year anniversary of Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 and kidnapping of 251 in southern Israel — was not an act of inclusion. It was a calculated political statement.
The only official versions of “O Canada,” as defined by the federal National Anthem Act, are in English and French. Other languages may be shared culturally, but never as a replacement. The decision to broadcast an Arabic version on Oct. 7 by Earl Haig Secondary School was an unmistakable act of defiance.
Some of us Islamophobes have been pointing out this ‘institutional capture’ for years. Decades even.
Our school boards and provincial government first decided that anti-White hatred was an acceptable part of school curriculum.
Anti-White hatred opened the door to the antisemitism we see today.
Why are we surprised? Schools have lost the plot. This is hanging in my son’s @PeelSchools high school in Brampton. But it won’t be by the time I’m finished with them. pic.twitter.com/AsnEqxLkFy
— Convoy Karen (@MarshaC59266742) October 8, 2025
