Overview
- Performing before Game 3 at Dodger Stadium, Saxe sang "our home on native land" instead of the official "our home and native land."
- Clips of the rendition spread quickly on social media as users criticized both the lyric swap and his vocal delivery.
- The alteration mirrors Jully Black’s 2023 NBA All-Star performance, which used the same wording to acknowledge Indigenous presence.
- Only Parliament can authorize official anthem lyrics, with the last change in 2018 under Bill C-210 to make the English version gender neutral.
- Coverage notes the federal government has not adopted Saxe’s wording, underscoring that the version he sang is unofficial.