Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to make its anthem gender-neutral for when it turns 150 in 2017 by replacing the line “true patriot love in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.” Even though the bill is supported by most MPs, it triggered a heated debate. The change was proposed by the Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, who was diagnosed with a fatal neurogenerative... 

Canadian Israel-friendly Prime Minister Stephen Harper has conceded defeat in regional elections, stepping down and setting the stage for the appointment of an interim leader. Harper gave his concession speech on Monday following his loss to Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau. “The disappointment is my responsibility and mine alone,” he said in the speech in Calgary. His Conservative Party had...