Stephen Colbert re-writes Canada’s national anthem

As the possibility of a Donald Trump White House looms over the U.S., some Americans are seriously considering a move across the border. And as a sign of this growing interest, late night talk show host Stephen Colbert brought his audience up to speed on Ottawa’s effort to update the Canadian anthem.

“Apparently Canadians felt it didn’t have enough apologies in it,” he tells the crowd to a torrent of laughter.

He then informs them about the bill set to be passed in parliament – or the “law igloo,” as Colbert calls it - that would change the line “in all our sons command” to make it gender neutral. Instead, it will use “in all of us command.”

Before mistaking the Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week” as our actual anthem, Colbert then debuts a “small re-write” of our great country’s national song, as a Mountie walks onto the stage.

“Oh Canada, the country we hold dear,” he sings as photos of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling appear on screen. “All the sexy Ryans also come from here.”

After some predictable jabs about moose and our cold weather that “we’re sorry aboot,” the song advises people to try our maple syrup because they’ll “like it a lot” before ending with a photo of Justin Trudeau.

“Oh, our Prime Minister is hot,” he sings, stating the obvious.

All good things for future Canadians to know when taking an oath at their citizenship ceremony.