Talk:Great Flag Debate

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Reid, why did you revert my edit? The images were put in better locations, and I got rid of a redundant section.Habsfannova 16:38, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Red Ensign now accepted

I remember hearing something about the Red Ensign being given official status again a few years ago, due to it being the flag under which the Two World Wars were fought. The Dept. of National Defence and the Legion fly it beside the Maple Leaf in all ceremonies and even on some buildings. If i find a source, I'll edit the page.


[edit] Not vexillologically correct?

This judgment, placed in the box with an illustration of Pearson's proposal, requires explanation! Dynzmoar 19:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

If the red maple leaves were placed on a blue background this would violate the heraldic rule of tincture, which is often (usually?) followed in flag design as well. Dr pda 14:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Fixed - after only a year... 71.255.106.64 (talk) 08:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hee hee hee

  • Despite the preceding acrimony, the new flag was largely quickly embraced by the public as a distinctive emblem of Canada. This would not be the case for Diefenbaker, however.

These sentences mean that Diefenbaker was not largely quickly embraced by the public as a distinctive emblem of Canada. While true, I do not think this is what you wanted to say. Also, "largely quickly" is a really stupid mashup of adverbs. 209.146.241.93 17:19, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Related committees

I would like to see the addition of the names of the joint parliamentary committees involved in the Debate. I did a quick search on the Parliament website but found nothing. Maybe someone else could. NorthernThunder 20:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Public Opinion Polls

I read somewhere, not sure where that prior to the adoption of the new flag 60 percent of Canadians where opposed to changing the flag. And that soon after the adoption of the new flag 60% of those polled supported the Canadian Flag. Can we include reference to public opinion polls before and after the adoption of the new Canadian Flag?

The new Canadian Flag is so well known and recognised in the world today that many American travellers display the Canadian Flag on them so as to avoid any unpleasant events. In Holland in the 1990's an Australian Citizen displaying the Blue ensign was killed in a terrorist attack having been mistaken for a British citizen. - Arron (Canadian Citizen travelling abroad)

Can You give sources for the Opinion Polls? feydey (talk) 19:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)