China News Service, Toronto, August 27 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Royal Canadian Navy announced on August 27 that it will revise the English names of some lower-level military ranks to eliminate gender hue.
The English seaman of the word "sailor" will be replaced by sailor, thus avoiding the masculine color of man in the original word. The ranks of the lower sergeant rank from low to high will be set as third-class sailor, second-class sailor, first-class sailor, and sailor captain.
The Canadian military stated that the move received more than 75% of support in a poll conducted last month with navy personnel and the public. The new English military titles will also correspond to French.
The new rank designation will take effect in early September. However, it may take several years to modify Canadian military orders, publications and regulations accordingly.
Canada wrote gender equality into the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" in 1982, making it a constitutional principle.
On January 31, 2018, the Canadian Congress passed a bill to amend the national anthem. The original English word "all thy sons" was changed to "all of us", thus eliminating the original The gender orientation of the word. The French version does not need to be modified.
In early February 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a speech in Edmonton and "corrected" a woman who used the word "mankind" in her question, thinking that it should be used in English. The non-existent term "peoplekind" can demonstrate inclusiveness. This move caused public opinion to question Trudeau's excessive "political correctness." Later, Trudeau explained to the media that this was just "a stupid joke." (Finish)