"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:27:32 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

A little good news story for JohnH
The Canadian flag celebrated it's 40th anniversary today.
All through elementary & jr high school, we saluted England's Union
flag....commonly referred to as the 'union jack', or the Red Ensign and
sang
God Save the Queen.
After years of debate & wrangling a committee came up with our new flag.
Simple & beautiful. with the red maple leaf on a white background and red
bars at both ends to represent 'sea to sea' it was a great choice.
http://tinyurl.com/4bo8e

Except for the French. :)

Somehow it figures.

In August of 2003 the family and I drove from Alexandria Bay, NY, USA to
Montreal, CA. Driving through Ontario there were signs in English and French
and the Canadian flag was displayed along with the Ontario provincial flag
at all visitor centers and government buildings we saw. But, once we crossed
into Quebec the Canadian flag was nowhere in sight, nothing was in English
and it was a different world.