Oh, Canada
Oh Canada, our home once free and grand
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Oh, Canada
[instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh Canada, our home once free and grand
Where rights erode by governmental hand
With heavy hearts we watch thy freedoms fade
The True North bowed, in shadows now betrayed
From coast to coast, oh Canada, we cry in vain for thee
Laws bind our land, oppressive in decree
[Chorus]
Oh Canada, we mourn what used to be
Oh Canada, we mourn what used to be
[Verse 2]
Oh Canada, where MAID expands its reach
To end the lives of those in poverty’s breach
The vulnerable fall to the state's cold embrace
Euthanasia cloaked in mercy’s grace
No safeguards hold, oh Canada, as choices turn to chains
God save our souls from bureaucratic pains
[Chorus]
Oh Canada, we stand against the tide
Oh Canada, we stand against the tide
[Verse 3]
Oh Canada, recall the truckers’ plight
Bank accounts seized in the dead of night
Protests silenced by emergency’s call
Dissent crushed beneath the law’s harsh thrall
From frozen funds to borders locked so tight
Oh Canada, where went our charter rights
God keep our voices, though they try to bind
[instrumental solo]
[Chorus]
Oh Canada, we fight to keep thee kind
Oh Canada, we fight to keep thee kind
[Verse 4]
Oh Canada, the ostrich farms laid waste
Birds culled in cruelty, no mercy laced
Ritual slaughters banned by stern decree
Faiths oppressed in the name of empathy
Surveillance creeps through bills like C-2’s snare
Oh Canada, thy people live in fear
From Indigenous lands to migrants’ despair
[chorus]
Oh Canada, restore thy freedoms fair
Oh Canada, restore thy freedoms fair
[instrumental intro]
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