Dear Clement,

I did a little digging and here's the page we're looking for:

http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2510&Itemid=1062&lang=eng

Like you said, it's a few years old.  I don't see any connection with the revised missal in Canada, but I suppose the plan could be to introduce both the new Missal (sacramentary part) as well as the revised Lectionary at the same time in Malaysia and other countries.

Regarding your original question about the approval, well I can't comment on the thought process of either the Vatican or the Canadian Bishops, but what I CAN say is that they would have complete authority to make such a change, regardless what has previously been done.

Another possibility is that originally the Vatican rejected the use of the NRSV only in the USA.

From the looks of it though it may or may not be the exact text taken from the NRSV, meaning, that the actual official text in the Lectionary may only be BASED on the NRSV.  Maybe if one of my readers is living in one of the countries where this lectionary currently is being used could post and report whether or not the inclusive language is "corrected" or not, at least in those cases where inclusive language would create theological and other factual errors.

Mr. Slavek