RE:Red_Deer Hey NobleHouse__I DO UnderStand Your POSITION with Regard to the CDN FLAG
Next to the PIPELINE Debates the FLAG Debates Were VERY VIGOUROUS__Led
by Deifenbaker with his Jowls Flapping UP and DOWN as He EMPHASISED What
a Sacriledge It WOULD BE After FIGHTING 2 World Wars UNDER the UNION JACK
Here is WHY Pearson Personally WANTED a CDN Flag
Great Flag Debate
By the 1960s, the debate for an official Canadian flag intensified and became controversial, culminating in the Great Flag Debate of 1964. In 1963, the minority Liberal government of Lester B. Pearson gained power and decided to adopt an official Canadian flag through parliamentary debate. The principal political proponent of the change was Pearson. He had been a significant broker during the Suez Crisis of 1956, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. During the crisis, Pearson was disturbed when the Egyptian government objected to Canadian peacekeeping forces because the Canadian flag (the Red Ensign) contained the same symbol (the Union Flag) also used as a flag by the United Kingdom, one of the belligerents. Pearson's goal was to create a Canadian flag that was distinctive and unmistakably Canadian. The main opponent to changing the flag was the leader of the opposition and former prime minister, John Diefenbaker, who eventually made the subject a personal crusade.
And Here is a LINK to the Complete VERY DETAILED Discussion about the HISTORY of the FLAG
[url=https://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada[/url]
HEY__Gotta WONDER Whether TRUMP May Change the STARS and STRIPES with the
CONFEDERATE Flag eh !!!!!