"O Canada" (French: Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada. ... Weir's lyrics have been revised three times, most recently when An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender) was enacted in 2018. The French lyrics remain unaltered.
The telephone pole ties the story together with its symbol of the future. In the beginning, the pole represents a bleak future for José. When José asked his father what he saw up there, his father answered, “Work, I see years of work mi'jo.”