The Great Canadian Flag Debate - PM Pearson at a RCL Convention
Courtesy of the CBC Archive
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@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
The Red Ensign speaks for anyone of the history of the nations of the English, Norman, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and French nations, as well as the defined Native American people groups within this polity of Canada. It also tells the story of this country in a picture; what a flag is supposed to do. And while many people do not recognise the Red Ensign to the Provincial Flags of MB and ON, the latter are based in honour of the Red Ensign.
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
Жыл бұрын
that's exactly what I don't understand, the provincial flags of MB & ON
@reviveempires
9 ай бұрын
@@AngloSaxon-yx8tk They were adopted as protest flags, Ontarians and Manitobans HATED the mapleleaf so they adopted modified red ensigns/
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
9 ай бұрын
@@reviveempires: Well then they are true loyal crown patriots
@SecretFoxtail12 жыл бұрын
That was the day our identity was destroyed. Americanised.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
wow...I was starting to think I was the only one who had those feelings. I am from Halifax but I have lived in Ontario for the most part. Its soo good to see that Provincial flag display a version of the Red Ensign. Good for them for standing up the Pearson and his rag. Honestly I get a more deep feeling looking at Ontario's provincial flag than I do towards our national flag.
@69Bluntsmoka42012 жыл бұрын
Amen to that. The Canadian red ensign is a beautiful flag that reflects our history and our ties to other Commonwealth countries. Pearson only introduced the modern maple leaf flag because the Egyptians accused him of being subservient to Britain even though he was the first Canadian PM to go against British foreign policy (the Suez Canal Crisis). I always smile whenever I see the old red ensign flying alongside a road or park in Ontario. Our Loyalist heritage lives yet.
@1812AndMore9 жыл бұрын
People are singing the anthem at the beginning, I rarely hear anyone sing O Canada at ceremonies ad events when it is plays, I must be one of the few that do these days.
@canadiandude24
8 жыл бұрын
honestly i find that Canadians are not patriotic
@1812AndMore
8 жыл бұрын
Bigmac 1915 As do I
@chronometer9931
8 жыл бұрын
It's sad what's become of Canada...
@KalCana
6 жыл бұрын
very true and by design
@SecretFoxtail12 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. When you forget your heritage, you lose your identity.
@davidreichert9392 Жыл бұрын
Red Ensign: Flag of a colony. Maple Leaf flag: Flag of a country
@ChinaWatchCanada5 жыл бұрын
Red Ensign Forever
@capralean13 жыл бұрын
It's clear that there are still two competing visions of what Canada should be: the current multicultural one introduced by Pearson and Trudeau, and the original based on our founding as British North America. This competition is still unresolved. Although the former vision has conquered the latter in public, the latter is still part of our constitution and still has many private adherents. Many of them are young and not ethnically British. You can count me as a BNA/Red Ensign supporter.
@ZachGriff1112 жыл бұрын
Well for your information Canada was British soil until 1931, and the former flag of Canada represents that. I'm a young Canadian and I think the red ensign is a beautiful flag, take sometime to learn some Canadian History.
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk Жыл бұрын
Our Red Ensign Canadian Flag FOREVER!!!
@hueluc273311 жыл бұрын
The Ensign Represents more than just the British Nations; it includes references to the French and Irish Nations as well. The triple maple leaf could mean a great variety of things, and many people have interpreted them as they choose. It is incorrect to say that the majority of the people in the Dominion of Canada are not from the nations represented in the 'Red Ensign'.
@Acekiller2911 жыл бұрын
did we even vote to replace the red ensign
@TVPopCulture
4 жыл бұрын
No the government did the people were just seen has getting in the way. CBC did a poll and it showed 98% of the people in Canada were against it
@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
wow even 7 years ago
@MichaelBrookham9 жыл бұрын
Happy 50th anniversary, Canadian Flag Joyeux 50e anniversaire, le drapeau du Canada.
@pablononescobar11 жыл бұрын
I'm American and believe that Canada should've kept the Red Ensign. Heck, the US flag is really just a heavily-modified British Red Ensign, white stripes added to red field and Union Jack replaced w/ the stars for the states.....USA kicked out the British monarchy by force, so we got rid of the Union Jack in our flag...Canada peacefully separated from the UK, so it should keep Union Jack in flag as sign of its continued shared heritage, same for Australia and New Zealand
@00BillyTorontoBill
6 жыл бұрын
I agree... i might say change it from the coat of arms being on it to a Maple leaf (think australian flag with a red maple leaf.)
@Libertyjack110 жыл бұрын
Pearson had a lot of guts. He was a WW1 vet with active service that required no embellishment. He was Irish Protestant, but didn't feel the need to bow to the whims of the self righteous, British-Everything, often bigoted, Orange Order (powerful in Canada at the time). Further, he was ready to accept the growth and evolution of a country that had changed dramatically since his youth. This is the difference between him and Diefenbaker, a well meaning, but neurotic neanderthal, a German Scot member of the Orange Order (though, to his credit,not a bigot), who wanted to cast the Canada of Robert Borden in stone, in perpetuity. Some Conservatives bitch that the Liberals made a flag of their own colour, but the fact is that Pearson wanted blue in the flag. The Tories just wanted an ensign, like Canada was some section of the British Navy.
@louisiananlord17
10 жыл бұрын
This comment was boss! Pearson did have guts to stand up to Britian the way he did. I respect him.
@Libertyjack1
10 жыл бұрын
***** The sad thing is that the people he was standing up to weren't British. They were Canadians, often with 3, or more, generations under their belt. They just had a petty tribal complex, fueled by cultural jealousy of the French, Anglo Protestant self-righteousness and the sense of empowerment that they felt (especially prior to WW2) of belonging to the British Empire.
@slightlyvisible8448
9 жыл бұрын
***** Stand up? lol. He asked and they said yes.
@louisiananlord17
7 жыл бұрын
+SlightlyVisible True, but a stand was needed for a long time within an Anglophone presence over this tense issue. And Canadians were proud of their heritage on both sides like this. All true.
@bonniebluebell5940
2 жыл бұрын
Should have kept the red ensign and by the way, Borden stood up for Canada long before Pearson ever did. As for "Mike, the Great War hero", suffice it to say that he did not fight at the front and was struck by a bus and discharged before the war ended.
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
Anyone who doubts this should have a conversation with someone in rural Mexico, for example, and ask them what leaf is on 'Canada's flag'; they don't answer 'Maple' very often - if ever...
@10z204 жыл бұрын
Visionary, great man and admirable effort, to push forward despite the opposition from those too attached to the past. God bless Canada.
@Milnoc7 жыл бұрын
The Red Ensign represented adult children still living with their parents. The Maple Leaf represents children who left their parents' home, but still love them and stay in touch. The Patriation of the Constitution in 1982 is when the kids bought their own house and stopped renting.
@Bojaxs
5 жыл бұрын
What a terribly stupid metaphor. By remove our status as a Commonwealth country, all we've succeded in doing is bringing Canada closer into America's sphere of influence.
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods12 жыл бұрын
Yes, and she's Queen of Canada IN ADDITION TO Britain. That's the point.
@RightThunder11 жыл бұрын
2/2 The original Canadian Red Ensign (which only represents the first four provinces which is why it was updated) was the flag the the underground railway final destanation, when Canadian Pacific railway linked out country togeather, when we developed Responible Goverment Federalist model which was given directly to Austraila and NZ and was the foundation for the rest of the British Commonwealth's Demoracys, there would be no Commonwealth with out Canada.
@dwaynethorstein40954 жыл бұрын
The first U.S. flag was the Grand Union which had a British Union Jack in the canton. The State of Hawaii is the only U.S. State which has a British Union Jack in the canton.
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
Жыл бұрын
And I see that Grand Union flag is raised every new years day on prospect Hill somewhere in the eastern states.
@timtwoface9 жыл бұрын
The Maple Leaf looks a lot cleaner than the Red Ensign; it served its purpose, but Canada is its own country and deserves its own identity, not borrowing the Union Jack and slapping a few other things onto it. I respect our British heritage in this country but I'm glad someone with vision stood up 50 years ago and came up with something just for us, but for all of us.
@StephEWaterstram
9 жыл бұрын
As You clearly watched, They were ROBBED of the Pride they've built with the 2 World Wars in the Red Ensign! The stand alone "Maple Band-Aide" is a Generic Canadian Emblem.
@timtwoface
9 жыл бұрын
Not really...they still fought for Canada (and by extension, all of the Allies), and that remains completely unchanged. No pride has been taken away from these fine, brave folks.
@StephEWaterstram
9 жыл бұрын
Politically Their Flag is "The Maple Band-Aide" Culturally Their Flag is still the Red Ensign. Their Royal Flag is still The Union Jack as should be the USA's Royal flag in My opinion!
@LordWellington15
9 жыл бұрын
It is not our flag, and never will be. The Canadian people themselves never actually voted on it!
@TMNTPIZZA
8 жыл бұрын
+Stephen Edward Waterstram Why would America have a royal flag? That makes 0 sense. Also everyone got over it. My grandfathers and great uncles all fought in the war...none of them care very much anymore that the Red Ensign isn't the flag anymore.
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
DAMN THATS THE BEST FLAG ON THISPLANET
@TheLostProphecies9 жыл бұрын
Best Prime Minister of all time.
@davidwright84762 жыл бұрын
I won't argue the fact of needing a new flag. I was young when all the options of new flags were put forth. I liked the idea of the 3 flags in red with the blue "bookends" which was to represent the two oceans each side of us. It kept with our colours of the time. When the Liberal red and white flavoured flag was forced down our throat it was a sad day. Very bland, some referred to it as looking like the flag of Japan, in those days there were still Japanese wounds from the war only 20 years before that. To me it represents the Laurentian Elite and only divided us further.
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
Take heart good patriot; the Red Ensign may have been removed from Canada's official banners in any capacity, but it is seen in War Memorials of Europe; it is something remembered in every flag of Manitoba and Ontario. And, finally, even with the introduction of the Red and White Maple Leaf, the country has maintained /two/ federal flags; Canada's second flag is the same of the United Kingdom. Check the Heritage Department to verify.
@chd219314 жыл бұрын
Lester B. Pearson. Best Canadian PM ever. Amen!
@RightThunder11 жыл бұрын
4/4 Canada was flooded with both Orange and Green Irish Immagrants and Canada has never had one sectarian attack from the IRA of UVF and the Harp of Erin is one of the very few symbols that both sides embrace, and we have three Flur-Dis-Lis from the French Monarch coat of arms and we have three French societies in this country The Acadian, the Quebecios, and the Metis. and of course the meaning of the three malple leafs already was for the British, French, and Natives.
@NickB196712 жыл бұрын
@fishhead06: Because historically the British founded the nation and because Elizabeth II is still your Queen?
@thefreedomlass12 жыл бұрын
THE RED ENSIGN AND THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER!
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
I studied in NB for the past few years. NS, PEI and NB; I've seen ample Red Ensigns in each of these Provinces. not to mention, of course, endless Provincial Flags, and the flags of Acadia and of Great Britain (the flag of the Loyalists); Canada can afford to have many symbols; we have such a diverse history. And may you always find pride in your Province, sir; it is a proud one to be a part of.
@GROUPtensionАй бұрын
that flag is sick i want to buy it
@pablononescobar12 жыл бұрын
Funny...they talk about the Red Ensign, with the British Union Jack in it, and not to mention the Queen of the UK is Queen of Canada....and the announcer's accent is almost indistinguishable from an American's
@liamhillue11 жыл бұрын
the vast majority of Canada and Canadians are not of Frencophone culture.
@thenorthowl2033
4 жыл бұрын
not to mention they were included on the red ensign anyway.
@sheltv1009 жыл бұрын
At the end of this video byte, Mr. chairman used tactful words to prove to the people in the assembly that many of them were acting like assholes when PM Pearson was speaking.
@NickB196712 жыл бұрын
@Marakulous43: And it is not prospering because you have forgotten, or worst cast aside, that which made you prosperous. The ditching of the Red Ensign symbolizes that decline and decay oh so well.
@RightThunder11 жыл бұрын
3/3 The Red Ensign GLC probably represents Canada better today than when it was first designed... this is not the intentional meaning behind the crest but there are 3 English Lions, and we have 3 culturally distinct English speaking parts of the country the Maritimes, East (Ontario), and Western Canada. There is one Scottich Lion and Nova Scotia was a Scottich colony from before the Act of Union with England...
@joelzelikovitz97689 жыл бұрын
Amazing clip of Canadian History!
@jonleibow3604 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to read the comments from ~10 years ago. The same people who were supporting the Red Ensign then, now have huge Maple Leaf flags on their trucks.
@idcraw Жыл бұрын
The liberal flag with their colours snuck in on a Friday with out a quorum
@SecretFoxtail11 жыл бұрын
'Invented number'? I heard it from CBC's Rick Mercer. Don't know who he is? Look him up. He's got loads of videos. The flag is more representative? It's so bloody simplistic, that no one on the international scene can take it seriously! And no, it does not favour one 'social group' over another. If you would try taking and look at the symbols on the flag, you might get the idea. The old flag said more about us than the current flag ever will.
@patriciabowles66244 жыл бұрын
I am so proud to be related to Lester Bowles Pearson who brought us our flag, giving us our own identity separate and distinct from our colonial past. So many people today don't understand how it came to be and the fight that took place. He was courageous and honest when he spoke before veterans with his WWI credentials worn on his suit. Thank you Mike!
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
I have to say as I canadian watching the opening at the olympics I was quite sad to see Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, etc with their flags and the union jack on them. And there came along my canada with that perarson's damn maple leaf. Curse that bloody fool. You aussies have done well not to discard your heritage, same with the Kiwis. here were too busy kissing arse to liberals and french-canadians and thereby bury the Red Ensign that WW1 and WW2 vets fought under including my grandpa
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
in case your wondering where Leamington is...its near Windsor, ON...you must have heard of THAT city...thats were the Armoured regt and Essex-Kent scottish are based.
@RoyalistCavalier11 жыл бұрын
The Dominion of Canada (including the province of Quebec) belongs to the Anglo Canadians as the successors of the British in North America. Consider the former New France an apartment building that has been sold from the old owner (France) to the new owner (Great Britain) and consider the province of Quebec an apartment that it's tenants are either behind on their rent and or have failed to obey the new rules and who needs to be EVICTED and then tossed back to France where they belong son.
@hueluc273311 жыл бұрын
The design you speak of today, the Red and White; that is far less inclusive. The Red and White are the Crusader colours of the French and English Crowns.It /would/ be fair to saty that the majority of Canadians do not come from just a French and English background. So already, the Scottish, Welsh and Irish nations are excluded in Pearson's version. Also the Ensign is not dead. It lives on bythose that wish to fly it. It also birthed the flags of Ontario and Manitoba. The Ensign represents Unity
@Torus211211 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, it's extremely easy to "cause fuss" in Canadian politics; usually it's when somebody actually tries to do something.
@Libertyjack112 жыл бұрын
You are the true face of your opinion. Thank you for sharing!!
@luegosl11 жыл бұрын
I am aware that king George I was related to the deposed king of England and of Scotland for there was no great Britain then. Yet George I, was not even the second in line to the tron of the region. Fact is that it was a coup d'Etat the brought the German prince to rule both Hanover and Great Britain for it was then that the two separate small kingdoms of Scotland and England came together to form Great Britain. that is an example of foreign rulers creating and developing a nation.
@theeponym13 жыл бұрын
@bobslay12 Most people objected to the position we took during the Suez crisis too. Sometimes "everyone" is wrong.
@user-vk2qw8fs7l6 ай бұрын
Canadas military served under the first red ensign during World War 1.
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
the flags of the East hold SO MUCH History.
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
There was no debate . Just a Liberal Committee under Pearson. And never forget. We did';t change our flag to be independent. We changed our flag because we offended Egypt.
@playingwithfirehurts12 жыл бұрын
Replace the Union Jack in the Red Ensign with the current flag,
@LeCombat8611 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. Canada is English, and that's the reason why Québec should separate.
@delorme910 жыл бұрын
English Canadians called themsleves 'British' until WW I ,before that only the French-speaking citizens were called Canadian , I am of French-Canadian heritage born in US
@nolanbeardy8212
10 жыл бұрын
if your born in the us... that makes you American sorry...
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
Nolan Beardy If you took to read what I actually wrote , I said I was born in US of French-Canadian heritage. Heritage means where your ancestry comes from. There are many here in the US , who call themselves what their ancestors were, Italian, Irish, Mexican , Cuban etc.. And what about African-American?? Most of the people who call themselves that term have never even been to Africa and are 10 generations removed from Africa , I am ONE generation removed from Québec which I have visited many times. I live here in Florida and people in Miami still call themselves Cuban even though they have never even been there.
@nolanbeardy8212
10 жыл бұрын
André D Trust me I do understand but you can claim your heritage all you want but your still an American first. What ever country you are born under your considered Nationally a person under that country. your influenced and Taught culturally in the country your born under. Do some research here an example. During WW2 when the NAZI invaded the Netherlands (Holland) The Royal family fled to Canada In 1940. in 1943 An Netherlands' Princess Margriet is born in Ottawa. so the government had to do something unusual before her birth. They had to make a hospital room a Dutch territory temporary of course so the baby princess would be a Dutch Citizen Not Canadian. Here a Link www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/second-world-war/netherlands-princess-margriet-born-in-ottawa.html .
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
In 2007 a law was passed in Canada that anyone born outside of Canada between 1947 and 1987 with at least one parent born in Canada is a Canadian citizen , I fall in that category
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
Nolan Beardy In 2007 a law was passed in Canada that anyone born outside of Canada between 1947 and 1987 with at least one parent born in Canada is a Canadian citizen , I fall in that category
@SecretFoxtail11 жыл бұрын
Supposedly we did but the Liberal Government of the time CLOSED the debate. (Because they knew they would lose)
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
THE GREAT FIRST NATIONS OF THIS -PART OF THE PLANET WE MUST WORK WITH AT ALL TIMES.
@saorstatue901812 жыл бұрын
You sir, should publish for school cirricullum. You have hit it bang on, but most Canadians will never understand how their own country works. it saddens - though thank you for not being an ignorant knob. God Save Our Queen, and the Maple Leaf, Forever.
@luegosl11 жыл бұрын
You ask many really good questions. Manitoba was French Saskatchewan has a metis history some of the original towns in Alberta were french trade posts and BC was a Spanish Portuguese colony as was Labrador and Newfoundland. New Brunswick second or third larges french present day population in Canada. Other east provinces very strong french history though many were displace to make room for the British...
@CoRealm-lu8lg5 ай бұрын
It shall fly again
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
3 things make USA the great nation it is today: 1) Patriotism 2) Pride in their Heritage 3) Diversity Canadians (encouraged by people as yourself) LACK 2 these traits and embrace only diversity at the cost of losing the other 2. I ask you this...Why not keep all 3? why not be Patriotic, proud of our nations heritage and encourage diversity while not losing our heritage?.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
what are you talking about? I said I was going for the Essex Scottish regt- that is IN Canada! your in the GTA? have you never heard of that regiment?! they train out in Chatham-Kent which is right along the 401 to Toronto. I am from Leamington, Essex County by the way...
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
THE GREAT COUNTRY OF NEWFOUNDLAND JOIN CANADA IN 1949
@Waterford199213 жыл бұрын
The worst dicision in Canadian history was changing the flag. you can see everyone was against the new flag and wanted to keep the Red Ensign!
@lainefrajberg7780
7 жыл бұрын
The vote inparliament in favour of the new flag was 163-78.So...obviously not everyone was against the new flag.
@SecretFoxtail12 жыл бұрын
He doesn't mean fuck the symbol. He is referring to our current flag that no body takes seriously.
@Rageah0lic13 жыл бұрын
thank god we changed the flag, what does the red ensign mean to the French? To the African? To the Chinese? To the Indian?
@arcenalism7 жыл бұрын
OMG this is so old and I can't believe this?
@emucentral13 жыл бұрын
Rageah0lic commented; "thank god we changed the flag, what does the red ensign mean to the French? To the African? To the Chinese? To the Indian?" Now, I am not canadian but I would have thought that asking what the Canadian flag meant to the French, Africans, Chinese and Indians would be irrelevant. It's what it means to Canadians which is important, regardless of their background.
@histman3133 Жыл бұрын
The Red Ensign will always be my flag Mr. Pearson. I think if it would've been put to a referendum and passed then I wouldn't disagree so much but to bypass a referendum and do such back-room deals is sneaky and cowardly in opinion and that is why I don't agree. They knew it would be rejected and yet they went ahead with it anyways.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ... shall I list my grievances with you good Sir? nevermind not on youtube comments....you see it would be roughly 30-40 pages long.
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
HAPPY 150 BIRTHDAY CANADA
@LightSnowOvernight7 жыл бұрын
I always preferred the design with three red maple leaves and blue (not red) borders
@SecretFoxtail11 жыл бұрын
"Don't know which country you're looking at." Are you joking or can you seriously not tell the difference between the flags of Australia, Bermuda and Hawaii? If you really can't, you should see a doctor.I would suggest looking at the coat of arms present in the flag.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
actually the best countries in the world are the Norse nations-Scandanavia i.e: Danmark, Norway, Sweden Canada has always ranked behind them. but we are up there in on the list.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
oh dear lord your back... O__o
@formerairline14 жыл бұрын
@waspboy69 The red ensign, aside from being boring, colonial, and hideously ugly, only has a tiny fraction of its design that's distinctly Canadian, the blazoned maples tucked away in the coat of arms. The current flag is a a well designed, instantly recognizable, and distinct package that's known and respected the world over. Plus it represents a country that grew up and decided not to have another nation's flag on its own, which is pretty dumb.
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods13 жыл бұрын
I don't know why folks would want a flag that incorporates the flag of another country. I'm Canadian, dammit - not British.
@RoyalistCavalier11 жыл бұрын
You are partly correct about the Hanovarian Dynasty of the Kingdom of Great Britain comming from the Kingdom of Hanover (Germany) but you fail to realise that the 1st Hanovarian King of Great Britain was King George I who was a German ye but he was also a great grandson of King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland. His grandmother was Princess Elizabeth o Bohemia he was the daughter of King James I, the sister of King Charles I and the aunt of King Charles II and King James II.
@capralean13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing all of this Newsmagazine episode re-broadcast about 20 years ago on CBC Newsworld. Could you please upload the rest, hajdkvjcen? I was prompted to look for this in the wake of the controversy this week over the restoration of the names of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy, particularly concerning their royal honorifics.
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
DAMN THATS ONE GREAT FLAG
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods12 жыл бұрын
@NickB1967 If you look at the founding documents, they explicitly state that Canada was founded on two nations - the French and English (reflected in the coat of arms, which includes symbols from both those countries). The Constitution Act included the aborignial people as a third founding nation. And the crown of Canada was indiginized by the Statute of Westminster in 1931, making it not English, but Canadian. On Elizabeth II's death, we could theoretically name Celine Dion queen.
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
I do and for you info I am applying for the Essex Scottish regt (reserve)-with the summer training in Chatham-Kent
@SecretFoxtail11 жыл бұрын
I'm simply stating why I prefer a certain flag over another to represent our country and all you are capable of is throwing labels at me?
@glen69457 жыл бұрын
NO PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET HAS A FLAG LIKE THAT
@alikos8812 жыл бұрын
your thinking is so bizzare it baffles me and anyone with any pride in their nations foundations. What other country on this planet CHANGES thier very fabric of hertiage to 'please' minorities? I have lived in Kuwait, India, Germany, Grenanda and I have NEVER seen a political party there ACTIVELY advocate changing nationl heritage symbols to appese newcomers. The newcomers are expected to adapt to the HOME county's way. The only exception was Germany: 3r Reich/Swastika/NSDAP symbolism ban.
@NickB196712 жыл бұрын
@fishhead06: But you won't. It will be Charles or perhaps skip to son William. And you know that.
@CanImperator8 жыл бұрын
The argument that "Canada should have a flag the shows its colonial past" is weak. It might be stronger if that was the trend amongst national flags. There are almost no national flags that do this. I don't see any nods to the fact the Britain was once a Roman province on the Union Jack
@DaL33T5
7 жыл бұрын
Well, the American flag does. The 13 stripes represent the original 13 British colonies. But you are correct, very few national flags harken to their colonial days.
@thefreedomlass12 жыл бұрын
And there really was no debate as someone else here has so succintly pointed out.
@SkepticalChris14 жыл бұрын
@waspboy69 I'm a Canadian and the Maple Leaf is my flag!!!!
@thecanadianmystic10 жыл бұрын
the flag looks weird omg. the flag would look cool and American. the flag in the background in the beginning looked cool
@G96Saber
9 жыл бұрын
Wat.
@capralean13 жыл бұрын
Although I disliked Pearson's policies, I like his straightforward speaking and the way he stands up to such a hostile audience. And I like the raucous outbursts from the Legionnaires, too. Why should they stay silent like passive gentlemen when this politician is about to take away the Union Jack they just fought 2 world wars under? In contradiction to his multicultural accommodation, Pearson's great foe was Diefenbaker, who was of German descent and proud to be represented by the Union Jack.
@photographingtoronto23502 жыл бұрын
The Prime Minister showed real political courage in bringing this matter before the Legion and, as a decorated veteran himself, had as much right as anyone in that room to speak his mind. We seem to be losing that basic foundation of civility, that each is entitled to their own opinion and has a right to be heard.
@luegosl11 жыл бұрын
Canada was 80% french for about 350 years most people in Canada came here less then one one hundred years ago.
@luegosl11 жыл бұрын
Canada was thought of at least by name and in maps about 400 years ago the British government has only been around for 300 years. Canada or which was for a time call new France had a french governor 400 years ago.
@ThomasWilliams8912 жыл бұрын
but, the Red Ensign looks way better than the Maple Leaf.
@TMNTPIZZA13 жыл бұрын
@444CURTIS what do you mean it doesnt represent the west? in bc there are maple leafs all over the place!
@0truckmafk11 жыл бұрын
you and me both, brother.
@SheffieldJourno11 жыл бұрын
I'm British and we're terribly sorry to have caused so much fuss.
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The Red Ensign speaks for anyone of the history of the nations of the English, Norman, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and French nations, as well as the defined Native American people groups within this polity of Canada. It also tells the story of this country in a picture; what a flag is supposed to do. And while many people do not recognise the Red Ensign to the Provincial Flags of MB and ON, the latter are based in honour of the Red Ensign.
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
Жыл бұрын
that's exactly what I don't understand, the provincial flags of MB & ON
@reviveempires
9 ай бұрын
@@AngloSaxon-yx8tk They were adopted as protest flags, Ontarians and Manitobans HATED the mapleleaf so they adopted modified red ensigns/
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
9 ай бұрын
@@reviveempires: Well then they are true loyal crown patriots
That was the day our identity was destroyed. Americanised.
wow...I was starting to think I was the only one who had those feelings. I am from Halifax but I have lived in Ontario for the most part. Its soo good to see that Provincial flag display a version of the Red Ensign. Good for them for standing up the Pearson and his rag. Honestly I get a more deep feeling looking at Ontario's provincial flag than I do towards our national flag.
Amen to that. The Canadian red ensign is a beautiful flag that reflects our history and our ties to other Commonwealth countries. Pearson only introduced the modern maple leaf flag because the Egyptians accused him of being subservient to Britain even though he was the first Canadian PM to go against British foreign policy (the Suez Canal Crisis). I always smile whenever I see the old red ensign flying alongside a road or park in Ontario. Our Loyalist heritage lives yet.
People are singing the anthem at the beginning, I rarely hear anyone sing O Canada at ceremonies ad events when it is plays, I must be one of the few that do these days.
@canadiandude24
8 жыл бұрын
honestly i find that Canadians are not patriotic
@1812AndMore
8 жыл бұрын
Bigmac 1915 As do I
@chronometer9931
8 жыл бұрын
It's sad what's become of Canada...
@KalCana
6 жыл бұрын
very true and by design
I couldn't agree more. When you forget your heritage, you lose your identity.
Red Ensign: Flag of a colony. Maple Leaf flag: Flag of a country
Red Ensign Forever
It's clear that there are still two competing visions of what Canada should be: the current multicultural one introduced by Pearson and Trudeau, and the original based on our founding as British North America. This competition is still unresolved. Although the former vision has conquered the latter in public, the latter is still part of our constitution and still has many private adherents. Many of them are young and not ethnically British. You can count me as a BNA/Red Ensign supporter.
Well for your information Canada was British soil until 1931, and the former flag of Canada represents that. I'm a young Canadian and I think the red ensign is a beautiful flag, take sometime to learn some Canadian History.
Our Red Ensign Canadian Flag FOREVER!!!
The Ensign Represents more than just the British Nations; it includes references to the French and Irish Nations as well. The triple maple leaf could mean a great variety of things, and many people have interpreted them as they choose. It is incorrect to say that the majority of the people in the Dominion of Canada are not from the nations represented in the 'Red Ensign'.
did we even vote to replace the red ensign
@TVPopCulture
4 жыл бұрын
No the government did the people were just seen has getting in the way. CBC did a poll and it showed 98% of the people in Canada were against it
@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
wow even 7 years ago
Happy 50th anniversary, Canadian Flag Joyeux 50e anniversaire, le drapeau du Canada.
I'm American and believe that Canada should've kept the Red Ensign. Heck, the US flag is really just a heavily-modified British Red Ensign, white stripes added to red field and Union Jack replaced w/ the stars for the states.....USA kicked out the British monarchy by force, so we got rid of the Union Jack in our flag...Canada peacefully separated from the UK, so it should keep Union Jack in flag as sign of its continued shared heritage, same for Australia and New Zealand
@00BillyTorontoBill
6 жыл бұрын
I agree... i might say change it from the coat of arms being on it to a Maple leaf (think australian flag with a red maple leaf.)
Pearson had a lot of guts. He was a WW1 vet with active service that required no embellishment. He was Irish Protestant, but didn't feel the need to bow to the whims of the self righteous, British-Everything, often bigoted, Orange Order (powerful in Canada at the time). Further, he was ready to accept the growth and evolution of a country that had changed dramatically since his youth. This is the difference between him and Diefenbaker, a well meaning, but neurotic neanderthal, a German Scot member of the Orange Order (though, to his credit,not a bigot), who wanted to cast the Canada of Robert Borden in stone, in perpetuity. Some Conservatives bitch that the Liberals made a flag of their own colour, but the fact is that Pearson wanted blue in the flag. The Tories just wanted an ensign, like Canada was some section of the British Navy.
@louisiananlord17
10 жыл бұрын
This comment was boss! Pearson did have guts to stand up to Britian the way he did. I respect him.
@Libertyjack1
10 жыл бұрын
***** The sad thing is that the people he was standing up to weren't British. They were Canadians, often with 3, or more, generations under their belt. They just had a petty tribal complex, fueled by cultural jealousy of the French, Anglo Protestant self-righteousness and the sense of empowerment that they felt (especially prior to WW2) of belonging to the British Empire.
@slightlyvisible8448
9 жыл бұрын
***** Stand up? lol. He asked and they said yes.
@louisiananlord17
7 жыл бұрын
+SlightlyVisible True, but a stand was needed for a long time within an Anglophone presence over this tense issue. And Canadians were proud of their heritage on both sides like this. All true.
@bonniebluebell5940
2 жыл бұрын
Should have kept the red ensign and by the way, Borden stood up for Canada long before Pearson ever did. As for "Mike, the Great War hero", suffice it to say that he did not fight at the front and was struck by a bus and discharged before the war ended.
Anyone who doubts this should have a conversation with someone in rural Mexico, for example, and ask them what leaf is on 'Canada's flag'; they don't answer 'Maple' very often - if ever...
Visionary, great man and admirable effort, to push forward despite the opposition from those too attached to the past. God bless Canada.
The Red Ensign represented adult children still living with their parents. The Maple Leaf represents children who left their parents' home, but still love them and stay in touch. The Patriation of the Constitution in 1982 is when the kids bought their own house and stopped renting.
@Bojaxs
5 жыл бұрын
What a terribly stupid metaphor. By remove our status as a Commonwealth country, all we've succeded in doing is bringing Canada closer into America's sphere of influence.
Yes, and she's Queen of Canada IN ADDITION TO Britain. That's the point.
2/2 The original Canadian Red Ensign (which only represents the first four provinces which is why it was updated) was the flag the the underground railway final destanation, when Canadian Pacific railway linked out country togeather, when we developed Responible Goverment Federalist model which was given directly to Austraila and NZ and was the foundation for the rest of the British Commonwealth's Demoracys, there would be no Commonwealth with out Canada.
The first U.S. flag was the Grand Union which had a British Union Jack in the canton. The State of Hawaii is the only U.S. State which has a British Union Jack in the canton.
@AngloSaxon-yx8tk
Жыл бұрын
And I see that Grand Union flag is raised every new years day on prospect Hill somewhere in the eastern states.
The Maple Leaf looks a lot cleaner than the Red Ensign; it served its purpose, but Canada is its own country and deserves its own identity, not borrowing the Union Jack and slapping a few other things onto it. I respect our British heritage in this country but I'm glad someone with vision stood up 50 years ago and came up with something just for us, but for all of us.
@StephEWaterstram
9 жыл бұрын
As You clearly watched, They were ROBBED of the Pride they've built with the 2 World Wars in the Red Ensign! The stand alone "Maple Band-Aide" is a Generic Canadian Emblem.
@timtwoface
9 жыл бұрын
Not really...they still fought for Canada (and by extension, all of the Allies), and that remains completely unchanged. No pride has been taken away from these fine, brave folks.
@StephEWaterstram
9 жыл бұрын
Politically Their Flag is "The Maple Band-Aide" Culturally Their Flag is still the Red Ensign. Their Royal Flag is still The Union Jack as should be the USA's Royal flag in My opinion!
@LordWellington15
9 жыл бұрын
It is not our flag, and never will be. The Canadian people themselves never actually voted on it!
@TMNTPIZZA
8 жыл бұрын
+Stephen Edward Waterstram Why would America have a royal flag? That makes 0 sense. Also everyone got over it. My grandfathers and great uncles all fought in the war...none of them care very much anymore that the Red Ensign isn't the flag anymore.
DAMN THATS THE BEST FLAG ON THISPLANET
Best Prime Minister of all time.
I won't argue the fact of needing a new flag. I was young when all the options of new flags were put forth. I liked the idea of the 3 flags in red with the blue "bookends" which was to represent the two oceans each side of us. It kept with our colours of the time. When the Liberal red and white flavoured flag was forced down our throat it was a sad day. Very bland, some referred to it as looking like the flag of Japan, in those days there were still Japanese wounds from the war only 20 years before that. To me it represents the Laurentian Elite and only divided us further.
Take heart good patriot; the Red Ensign may have been removed from Canada's official banners in any capacity, but it is seen in War Memorials of Europe; it is something remembered in every flag of Manitoba and Ontario. And, finally, even with the introduction of the Red and White Maple Leaf, the country has maintained /two/ federal flags; Canada's second flag is the same of the United Kingdom. Check the Heritage Department to verify.
Lester B. Pearson. Best Canadian PM ever. Amen!
4/4 Canada was flooded with both Orange and Green Irish Immagrants and Canada has never had one sectarian attack from the IRA of UVF and the Harp of Erin is one of the very few symbols that both sides embrace, and we have three Flur-Dis-Lis from the French Monarch coat of arms and we have three French societies in this country The Acadian, the Quebecios, and the Metis. and of course the meaning of the three malple leafs already was for the British, French, and Natives.
@fishhead06: Because historically the British founded the nation and because Elizabeth II is still your Queen?
THE RED ENSIGN AND THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER!
I studied in NB for the past few years. NS, PEI and NB; I've seen ample Red Ensigns in each of these Provinces. not to mention, of course, endless Provincial Flags, and the flags of Acadia and of Great Britain (the flag of the Loyalists); Canada can afford to have many symbols; we have such a diverse history. And may you always find pride in your Province, sir; it is a proud one to be a part of.
that flag is sick i want to buy it
Funny...they talk about the Red Ensign, with the British Union Jack in it, and not to mention the Queen of the UK is Queen of Canada....and the announcer's accent is almost indistinguishable from an American's
the vast majority of Canada and Canadians are not of Frencophone culture.
@thenorthowl2033
4 жыл бұрын
not to mention they were included on the red ensign anyway.
At the end of this video byte, Mr. chairman used tactful words to prove to the people in the assembly that many of them were acting like assholes when PM Pearson was speaking.
@Marakulous43: And it is not prospering because you have forgotten, or worst cast aside, that which made you prosperous. The ditching of the Red Ensign symbolizes that decline and decay oh so well.
3/3 The Red Ensign GLC probably represents Canada better today than when it was first designed... this is not the intentional meaning behind the crest but there are 3 English Lions, and we have 3 culturally distinct English speaking parts of the country the Maritimes, East (Ontario), and Western Canada. There is one Scottich Lion and Nova Scotia was a Scottich colony from before the Act of Union with England...
Amazing clip of Canadian History!
It's interesting to read the comments from ~10 years ago. The same people who were supporting the Red Ensign then, now have huge Maple Leaf flags on their trucks.
The liberal flag with their colours snuck in on a Friday with out a quorum
'Invented number'? I heard it from CBC's Rick Mercer. Don't know who he is? Look him up. He's got loads of videos. The flag is more representative? It's so bloody simplistic, that no one on the international scene can take it seriously! And no, it does not favour one 'social group' over another. If you would try taking and look at the symbols on the flag, you might get the idea. The old flag said more about us than the current flag ever will.
I am so proud to be related to Lester Bowles Pearson who brought us our flag, giving us our own identity separate and distinct from our colonial past. So many people today don't understand how it came to be and the fight that took place. He was courageous and honest when he spoke before veterans with his WWI credentials worn on his suit. Thank you Mike!
I have to say as I canadian watching the opening at the olympics I was quite sad to see Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, etc with their flags and the union jack on them. And there came along my canada with that perarson's damn maple leaf. Curse that bloody fool. You aussies have done well not to discard your heritage, same with the Kiwis. here were too busy kissing arse to liberals and french-canadians and thereby bury the Red Ensign that WW1 and WW2 vets fought under including my grandpa
in case your wondering where Leamington is...its near Windsor, ON...you must have heard of THAT city...thats were the Armoured regt and Essex-Kent scottish are based.
The Dominion of Canada (including the province of Quebec) belongs to the Anglo Canadians as the successors of the British in North America. Consider the former New France an apartment building that has been sold from the old owner (France) to the new owner (Great Britain) and consider the province of Quebec an apartment that it's tenants are either behind on their rent and or have failed to obey the new rules and who needs to be EVICTED and then tossed back to France where they belong son.
The design you speak of today, the Red and White; that is far less inclusive. The Red and White are the Crusader colours of the French and English Crowns.It /would/ be fair to saty that the majority of Canadians do not come from just a French and English background. So already, the Scottish, Welsh and Irish nations are excluded in Pearson's version. Also the Ensign is not dead. It lives on bythose that wish to fly it. It also birthed the flags of Ontario and Manitoba. The Ensign represents Unity
Don't worry, it's extremely easy to "cause fuss" in Canadian politics; usually it's when somebody actually tries to do something.
You are the true face of your opinion. Thank you for sharing!!
I am aware that king George I was related to the deposed king of England and of Scotland for there was no great Britain then. Yet George I, was not even the second in line to the tron of the region. Fact is that it was a coup d'Etat the brought the German prince to rule both Hanover and Great Britain for it was then that the two separate small kingdoms of Scotland and England came together to form Great Britain. that is an example of foreign rulers creating and developing a nation.
@bobslay12 Most people objected to the position we took during the Suez crisis too. Sometimes "everyone" is wrong.
Canadas military served under the first red ensign during World War 1.
the flags of the East hold SO MUCH History.
There was no debate . Just a Liberal Committee under Pearson. And never forget. We did';t change our flag to be independent. We changed our flag because we offended Egypt.
Replace the Union Jack in the Red Ensign with the current flag,
I agree with you. Canada is English, and that's the reason why Québec should separate.
English Canadians called themsleves 'British' until WW I ,before that only the French-speaking citizens were called Canadian , I am of French-Canadian heritage born in US
@nolanbeardy8212
10 жыл бұрын
if your born in the us... that makes you American sorry...
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
Nolan Beardy If you took to read what I actually wrote , I said I was born in US of French-Canadian heritage. Heritage means where your ancestry comes from. There are many here in the US , who call themselves what their ancestors were, Italian, Irish, Mexican , Cuban etc.. And what about African-American?? Most of the people who call themselves that term have never even been to Africa and are 10 generations removed from Africa , I am ONE generation removed from Québec which I have visited many times. I live here in Florida and people in Miami still call themselves Cuban even though they have never even been there.
@nolanbeardy8212
10 жыл бұрын
André D Trust me I do understand but you can claim your heritage all you want but your still an American first. What ever country you are born under your considered Nationally a person under that country. your influenced and Taught culturally in the country your born under. Do some research here an example. During WW2 when the NAZI invaded the Netherlands (Holland) The Royal family fled to Canada In 1940. in 1943 An Netherlands' Princess Margriet is born in Ottawa. so the government had to do something unusual before her birth. They had to make a hospital room a Dutch territory temporary of course so the baby princess would be a Dutch Citizen Not Canadian. Here a Link www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/second-world-war/netherlands-princess-margriet-born-in-ottawa.html .
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
In 2007 a law was passed in Canada that anyone born outside of Canada between 1947 and 1987 with at least one parent born in Canada is a Canadian citizen , I fall in that category
@delorme9
10 жыл бұрын
Nolan Beardy In 2007 a law was passed in Canada that anyone born outside of Canada between 1947 and 1987 with at least one parent born in Canada is a Canadian citizen , I fall in that category
Supposedly we did but the Liberal Government of the time CLOSED the debate. (Because they knew they would lose)
THE GREAT FIRST NATIONS OF THIS -PART OF THE PLANET WE MUST WORK WITH AT ALL TIMES.
You sir, should publish for school cirricullum. You have hit it bang on, but most Canadians will never understand how their own country works. it saddens - though thank you for not being an ignorant knob. God Save Our Queen, and the Maple Leaf, Forever.
You ask many really good questions. Manitoba was French Saskatchewan has a metis history some of the original towns in Alberta were french trade posts and BC was a Spanish Portuguese colony as was Labrador and Newfoundland. New Brunswick second or third larges french present day population in Canada. Other east provinces very strong french history though many were displace to make room for the British...
It shall fly again
3 things make USA the great nation it is today: 1) Patriotism 2) Pride in their Heritage 3) Diversity Canadians (encouraged by people as yourself) LACK 2 these traits and embrace only diversity at the cost of losing the other 2. I ask you this...Why not keep all 3? why not be Patriotic, proud of our nations heritage and encourage diversity while not losing our heritage?.
what are you talking about? I said I was going for the Essex Scottish regt- that is IN Canada! your in the GTA? have you never heard of that regiment?! they train out in Chatham-Kent which is right along the 401 to Toronto. I am from Leamington, Essex County by the way...
THE GREAT COUNTRY OF NEWFOUNDLAND JOIN CANADA IN 1949
The worst dicision in Canadian history was changing the flag. you can see everyone was against the new flag and wanted to keep the Red Ensign!
@lainefrajberg7780
7 жыл бұрын
The vote inparliament in favour of the new flag was 163-78.So...obviously not everyone was against the new flag.
He doesn't mean fuck the symbol. He is referring to our current flag that no body takes seriously.
thank god we changed the flag, what does the red ensign mean to the French? To the African? To the Chinese? To the Indian?
OMG this is so old and I can't believe this?
Rageah0lic commented; "thank god we changed the flag, what does the red ensign mean to the French? To the African? To the Chinese? To the Indian?" Now, I am not canadian but I would have thought that asking what the Canadian flag meant to the French, Africans, Chinese and Indians would be irrelevant. It's what it means to Canadians which is important, regardless of their background.
The Red Ensign will always be my flag Mr. Pearson. I think if it would've been put to a referendum and passed then I wouldn't disagree so much but to bypass a referendum and do such back-room deals is sneaky and cowardly in opinion and that is why I don't agree. They knew it would be rejected and yet they went ahead with it anyways.
I beg to differ... shall I list my grievances with you good Sir? nevermind not on youtube comments....you see it would be roughly 30-40 pages long.
HAPPY 150 BIRTHDAY CANADA
I always preferred the design with three red maple leaves and blue (not red) borders
"Don't know which country you're looking at." Are you joking or can you seriously not tell the difference between the flags of Australia, Bermuda and Hawaii? If you really can't, you should see a doctor.I would suggest looking at the coat of arms present in the flag.
actually the best countries in the world are the Norse nations-Scandanavia i.e: Danmark, Norway, Sweden Canada has always ranked behind them. but we are up there in on the list.
oh dear lord your back... O__o
@waspboy69 The red ensign, aside from being boring, colonial, and hideously ugly, only has a tiny fraction of its design that's distinctly Canadian, the blazoned maples tucked away in the coat of arms. The current flag is a a well designed, instantly recognizable, and distinct package that's known and respected the world over. Plus it represents a country that grew up and decided not to have another nation's flag on its own, which is pretty dumb.
I don't know why folks would want a flag that incorporates the flag of another country. I'm Canadian, dammit - not British.
You are partly correct about the Hanovarian Dynasty of the Kingdom of Great Britain comming from the Kingdom of Hanover (Germany) but you fail to realise that the 1st Hanovarian King of Great Britain was King George I who was a German ye but he was also a great grandson of King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland. His grandmother was Princess Elizabeth o Bohemia he was the daughter of King James I, the sister of King Charles I and the aunt of King Charles II and King James II.
Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing all of this Newsmagazine episode re-broadcast about 20 years ago on CBC Newsworld. Could you please upload the rest, hajdkvjcen? I was prompted to look for this in the wake of the controversy this week over the restoration of the names of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy, particularly concerning their royal honorifics.
DAMN THATS ONE GREAT FLAG
@NickB1967 If you look at the founding documents, they explicitly state that Canada was founded on two nations - the French and English (reflected in the coat of arms, which includes symbols from both those countries). The Constitution Act included the aborignial people as a third founding nation. And the crown of Canada was indiginized by the Statute of Westminster in 1931, making it not English, but Canadian. On Elizabeth II's death, we could theoretically name Celine Dion queen.
I do and for you info I am applying for the Essex Scottish regt (reserve)-with the summer training in Chatham-Kent
I'm simply stating why I prefer a certain flag over another to represent our country and all you are capable of is throwing labels at me?
NO PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET HAS A FLAG LIKE THAT
your thinking is so bizzare it baffles me and anyone with any pride in their nations foundations. What other country on this planet CHANGES thier very fabric of hertiage to 'please' minorities? I have lived in Kuwait, India, Germany, Grenanda and I have NEVER seen a political party there ACTIVELY advocate changing nationl heritage symbols to appese newcomers. The newcomers are expected to adapt to the HOME county's way. The only exception was Germany: 3r Reich/Swastika/NSDAP symbolism ban.
@fishhead06: But you won't. It will be Charles or perhaps skip to son William. And you know that.
The argument that "Canada should have a flag the shows its colonial past" is weak. It might be stronger if that was the trend amongst national flags. There are almost no national flags that do this. I don't see any nods to the fact the Britain was once a Roman province on the Union Jack
@DaL33T5
7 жыл бұрын
Well, the American flag does. The 13 stripes represent the original 13 British colonies. But you are correct, very few national flags harken to their colonial days.
And there really was no debate as someone else here has so succintly pointed out.
@waspboy69 I'm a Canadian and the Maple Leaf is my flag!!!!
the flag looks weird omg. the flag would look cool and American. the flag in the background in the beginning looked cool
@G96Saber
9 жыл бұрын
Wat.
Although I disliked Pearson's policies, I like his straightforward speaking and the way he stands up to such a hostile audience. And I like the raucous outbursts from the Legionnaires, too. Why should they stay silent like passive gentlemen when this politician is about to take away the Union Jack they just fought 2 world wars under? In contradiction to his multicultural accommodation, Pearson's great foe was Diefenbaker, who was of German descent and proud to be represented by the Union Jack.
The Prime Minister showed real political courage in bringing this matter before the Legion and, as a decorated veteran himself, had as much right as anyone in that room to speak his mind. We seem to be losing that basic foundation of civility, that each is entitled to their own opinion and has a right to be heard.
Canada was 80% french for about 350 years most people in Canada came here less then one one hundred years ago.
Canada was thought of at least by name and in maps about 400 years ago the British government has only been around for 300 years. Canada or which was for a time call new France had a french governor 400 years ago.
but, the Red Ensign looks way better than the Maple Leaf.
@444CURTIS what do you mean it doesnt represent the west? in bc there are maple leafs all over the place!
you and me both, brother.
I'm British and we're terribly sorry to have caused so much fuss.