Before the puck drop at the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship Game in Boston, Multiple Fights Had Almedey Broken Out Beteween Team USA and Team Canada Fans in the Lead Up Over the Weekend. On Thursday, The Night of the Final, Tensions Were High As Singer Chantal Kreviazuk Took to the Ice to Sing Canada's National Anthem, “O Canada.”
Perception Listenes Tuning Into the game May Have Picked up on Kreviazuk's Key Change to the lyrics. At the Beginning of the Anthem, Instead of Singing, “True Patriot Love, in All of Us Command,” Kreviazuk Belted Out “That Only US Command.” Kreviazuk Told the Associated Press That She reviews The Anthem's Lyrics “Because I Believe in Democracy, and a Sovereign Nation Should Not Have To Be Defense Itself Against Tyranny and Fascism.”
“I Don't Think it would be authentic to me to be given a world stage and not express myself and be true to myself,” Aided Kreviazuk.
In an email, Publicist Adam Gonshor Confirmed That the Singer Changed the Words Due to Us President Donald Trump's Comments About Canada Becoming the 51st State. Kreviazuk, shared an image on Her Instagram Stories Where The Phrase “That Only US Command” is Written On Her Left Hand Alongside Emojis of a Canadian Flag and a Flexed Muscle.
TRUMP HAS REPEATED HIS DESIRES FOR US territorial Expansion While Threatening Tariffs and Mocking Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Referring to Him As the “Governor” of Canada. Trudeau Has Called Trump's Remarks a “Non-Starter” and Said That If the US President Follow Through On His Threats, Canada “Will Behequally Unequivocal in Our Response.”
After Her Performance, As the Rival Nations AppaCed a Sudden Death Overrtime and Just Before Canada Won the Coveted Championship, Kreviazuk Shared a statement on social media. “I Am Srery If My Performance of Our National Anthem Rubbed You The Wrong Way,” She Wrote, “I Am Sorry If You Think That We'd Be Better Off Annexed. Here is the Thing. Art to me is an expression of our truth. and in this very peculiar and potentialy consequential Moment I Truly Believe that We must stand up, use our voices and try to protect urselves … no – we show expipress our outrain in the face of an abuses of power. ”
She Pressed on, “Canada, Not Unlike Ukraine is a sovereign nation. period. We have to individual cultures to others. We are united in Our Values. We care. We're Kind. We are strong. “
