Overview

• Earl Haig Secondary School broadcast the national anthem in Arabic on the morning of Oct. 7, the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.
• Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra called the decision unacceptable and cited federal rules that set the anthem’s official lyrics in English or French.
• A Toronto District School Board spokesperson said officials are working to determine what happened after media reports highlighted the broadcast.
• A National Post report cited a school source saying students chose the Arabic version for Canadian Islamic History Month, and that the principal later apologized to Jewish staff and students.
• Complaints flooded the school and MP Kevin Vuong condemned the act as insensitive, calling for the person responsible to be fired.