Epcot update ends that '80s show on Canada

Soon, however, Canadian visitors to Epcot may no longer be blushing as bright at Mickey Mouse's red lederhosen. Seven years after former Canadian Tourism Commission president Jim Watson launched a campaign to have the Disney-made film updated, it seems a new version of O Canada! will debut Aug...

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Published inCanWest News p. 1
Main Author Atherton, Tony
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 24.07.2007
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Summary:Soon, however, Canadian visitors to Epcot may no longer be blushing as bright at Mickey Mouse's red lederhosen. Seven years after former Canadian Tourism Commission president Jim Watson launched a campaign to have the Disney-made film updated, it seems a new version of O Canada! will debut Aug 25th - with help from some high-profile Canadians: Gatineau's Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila and, Disney buffs say, comedian Martin Short. The folks at Disney won't confirm or deny rumours that the film is being relaunched next month. Walt Disney Canada spokeswoman Angela Saclamacis will only say "we are expecting some good things over at Epcot... but we're not prepared to announce anything officially at this time." "It could have been a Wal-Mart commercial," [Robert Barclay] told a reporter in 2000. Watson, now Ontario's minister of health promotion, has said the film represents an American's stereotypical view of Canada.