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Wouldn’t it be nice if an LDS Canadian could walk through his meetinghouse and see room labels in Canadian English?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if an LDS Canadian could flip to the back of a hymnal and not see the Star Spangled Banner, and “O, Canada” wasn’t a photocopied paper taped in its place?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a new hymnal released and hymns from outside of Utah were included in it?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if speakers at conference could speak in their native tongue?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if non-American anglophones could get a Book of Mormon in the English they speak?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find pictures of interracial relationships in the Ensign?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if Pioneer Day started evolving in a way that incorporates the pioneers of the last 50 years (e.g. Africa, Asia, South America, Eastern Europe)?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if the “Places to Visit<\/a>” page on LDS.ORG had more non-American sites (e.g. Charles Ora Card’s home in Cardston, Black Creek Monument in Ontario)?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Pageants page<\/a> on LDS.ORG listed non-American pageants (e.g. Lethbridge’s Nativity Pageant)?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice if Ensign articles that mention a US city and state (e.g. Billings, Montana) included USA after them (e.g. Billings, Montana, USA)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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