It's a bit of a false equivalence since America the Beautiful isn't the American National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner is.
I'd like to think that Canadians wouldn't fuss much about it, as long as it was done pretty well. I saw the commercial, and thought it very well done.
Having looked at some of the 'thoughts' and whatnot in the twitterverse after the backlash started, all I really had to say is that the people championing so hard for English seem to have an incredibly poor grasp OF the language.
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