I just wanted to post a correction to my earlier post on the 40th Flag Day yesterday. #1 Turns out it wasn’t Lester Pearson who was so adamant about the flag being easy for children… it was the creator of the flag himself, one George Stanley. Stanley was a war veteran and Rhodes scholar. The …
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Old White Guys deciding on Child Care?
Does that strike anyone else as being a little weird? Well, in a first for me, I actually agree with something an Alberta Conservative MP said today in the House: We fought long and hard for the right to vote, for the right to participate in universities and the work force, and the right to …
Happy 40th to Canadas’ Maple Leaf
40 years ago today, the first Flag sporting the Red and White bands with a simple Maple Leaf in the middle flew on a flag pole in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. A couple months later, the flag was raised on the Peace Tower and it has been the preeminent symbol of Canada …