Flag policy archaic: Commonwealth Day marked with British, not Commonwealth, flag
Canada and the Commonwealth have come a long way since 1964, and it's time flag protocol caught up. It behooves us to cease using a foreign country's flag as a surrogate, and, instead enlist the global symbol Canada, itself, inaugurated.
TORONTO—Last Monday was Commonwealth Day. If you missed it, you're forgiven. The only visible sign was a flag. Not the Commonwealth flag, mind you—the British flag. And that's the problem. Every year, Ottawa reminds federal properties across the country to fly the Union Jack. It's a s...
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