lines to endorse Kathleen Wynne in her bid to win the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 2013; she donated $10,000 to the Liberal MPP's campaign. Controversies Rewording Canadian national anthem In 2010, Nancy Ruth took credit for the Throne Speech's including a proposal to study changing the line of "O Canada" from "all thy sons command" to "thou dost in us command", the original wording. Intense public backlash caused the Prime Minister's Office to announce the issue had been dropped from consideration. Comments to women's equality rights groups Nancy Ruth sparked controversy on May 3, 2010, with comments she made during a meeting with women's equality rights groups on Parliament Hill. The groups were among many who had leveled criticisms at the Conservative government for maintaining their refusal to include funding for abortions in their maternal health plan for the G8, even after finally agreeing to include family planning measures such as contraception. Nancy Ruth fired back at the groups, telling them, "We've got five weeks or whatever left until the G8 starts. Shut the fuck up on this issue," she said. "If you push it, there'll be more backlash. This is now a political football. This is not about women's health in this country". Nancy Ruth also said, "Canada is still a country with free and accessible abortion. Leave it there. Don't make this an election issue." The next day the Conservative government cut funding to 11 women's groups, some of which support abortion as part of the G8 maternal health initiative. Response to auditors' questions Nancy Ruth drew media attention again in 2015 when responding to reporters regarding the auditor general's questioning why she claimed separate breakfasts as public expenses when she could have eaten the airline breakfasts included in the price of her airline ticket, which she had also expensed. She is quoted as saying "Well, those breakfasts are pretty awful" and "If you want ice-cold camembert with broken crackers, have it!" The comments drew criticism as evidence of senators feeling entitled to a certain lifestyle at public expense. Archives There is a Nancy Ruth fonds at Library and Archives Canada. The archival reference number is R442, former archival reference number MG30-D408. The fonds covers the date range 1980 to 2006 and contains: 1.85 meters of textual records; 79 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm; and 15 photographs : 15 col. See also List