The Nova Scotia government, prompted by patriotic Halifax high school students, is reinforcing Canadian pride through its education system with a new policy that mandates playing the national anthem as each school day begins and a petition that calls for the same.

“The playing of the national anthem is intended to remind students of their citizenship and foster a sense of pride and being part of a larger community,” reads the N.S. Department of Education document.

The new directive was issued in response to a letter signed by dozens of students at Charles P. Allen High School who claimed O Canada wasn’t being played at their high school, according to CTV News .

South Korean immigrant KC Kim, one of the three students who penned the letter, said he’d always heard the anthem in junior

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