I still fly the Red Ensign from my dock on Sproat Lake on Van Isle. Drives some of my neighbours crazy. Our flag now was a sop to Quebec, but they tend to fly the fleur-de-lis, not the red maple leaf. And of course the flag is red bars and red leaf, which just happen to be the colour of the Liberal Party of Canada. Coincidence? I think not.
It's a terrible flag. I never liked it. For one it smacks as representing quebec. And red is the capper. that represents communism. A maple leaf does not represent canada, it may represent the east.
I grew up making a pledge to the Union Jack every morning in school and was upset with the new liberal flag. There are no maple trees in western Canada.
I was in my late teens during the great Flag Debate and can recall it very well. It was very political, very emotional and very divisive. I remember the Maple Leaf flag was referred to as the "Pearson Pennant". It was seen by many as a sop to Quebec interests - the fleur de lys in the Red Ensign being seen as insufficient I suppose. Some even noted that the maple tree was native to Eastern Canada and that if for some reason a symbol from nature was desired, perhaps the beaver was better recognized across the breadth of Canada. The fact that the Canadian Pacific Railway adopted the beaver as a corporate symbol reinforces this point.
The maple leaf may be well recognized as a botanical symbol in parts of Canada. The flags of our principal allies appear to place more emphasis on historical or cultural symbols. Thus, the thirteen stripes on the U.S. flag represent the thirteen colonies that broke away from Great Britain following the American Revolutionary War and the fifty stars represent the unity of the fifty states of the American Union. As for the United Kingdom, the Union Jack represents the crosses of the patron saints of England, Scotland and Ireland.
With so much to be done in Canada to free up our economy and get our country prospering once again, we hardly need the distraction of a flag debate at this time. Nevertheless, Canadians should not be discouraged from flying the Red Ensign on private property if it is a flag to which they have significant emotional attachment.
I didn’t leave Canada, Canada left me. Long live the independent republic of Alberta. Our flag is a beaut!
I still fly the Red Ensign from my dock on Sproat Lake on Van Isle. Drives some of my neighbours crazy. Our flag now was a sop to Quebec, but they tend to fly the fleur-de-lis, not the red maple leaf. And of course the flag is red bars and red leaf, which just happen to be the colour of the Liberal Party of Canada. Coincidence? I think not.
I remember a flag with blue bars representing sea to sea turned down by Lieberals.
It's a terrible flag. I never liked it. For one it smacks as representing quebec. And red is the capper. that represents communism. A maple leaf does not represent canada, it may represent the east.
I feel the same way. I would love the Ensign flag to come back.
I fly the flag from my house front , BUT this flag is defiantly not a flag of all of Canada .
The maple leaf is mainly in Ont & Quebec . We have maples out west, but not that one .
Over half of the country does not have that maple growing .
The flag I want to fly is the "Republic of Western Canada" after we leave a sinking ship .
Thank you for the perspective and worthwhile history lesson.
I grew up making a pledge to the Union Jack every morning in school and was upset with the new liberal flag. There are no maple trees in western Canada.
I was in my late teens during the great Flag Debate and can recall it very well. It was very political, very emotional and very divisive. I remember the Maple Leaf flag was referred to as the "Pearson Pennant". It was seen by many as a sop to Quebec interests - the fleur de lys in the Red Ensign being seen as insufficient I suppose. Some even noted that the maple tree was native to Eastern Canada and that if for some reason a symbol from nature was desired, perhaps the beaver was better recognized across the breadth of Canada. The fact that the Canadian Pacific Railway adopted the beaver as a corporate symbol reinforces this point.
The maple leaf may be well recognized as a botanical symbol in parts of Canada. The flags of our principal allies appear to place more emphasis on historical or cultural symbols. Thus, the thirteen stripes on the U.S. flag represent the thirteen colonies that broke away from Great Britain following the American Revolutionary War and the fifty stars represent the unity of the fifty states of the American Union. As for the United Kingdom, the Union Jack represents the crosses of the patron saints of England, Scotland and Ireland.
With so much to be done in Canada to free up our economy and get our country prospering once again, we hardly need the distraction of a flag debate at this time. Nevertheless, Canadians should not be discouraged from flying the Red Ensign on private property if it is a flag to which they have significant emotional attachment.