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We should change Ontario's flag
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The Nazi flag is a great flag. It has a horrible history though.
Lonewulfeus
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I like it
Cthulhu is coming for Canada!
This one might be my favourite.
The second one is the flag Franco-Ontarians, but I'd be fine with making it provincial flag. My area has a huge French history, and there's still a town in the county where a lot of people speak French.
I'm going to puke.
Sakura
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I said the majority of British Columbians oppose the abolishment of the monarchy and so why should we remove the union jack from our flag. I don't see how that disagrees with what I said. (example https://www.forumresearch.com/forms...ses/48741_Monarchy_Poll_(Forum_Research)_.pdf)
Also, your poll shows it is 50% of Canadians want to cut ties, which is not a majority.
Not only that, that article essentially boils down to:
1 - Get rid of the British monarchy and replace with a Canadian monarchy.
Or
2 - Create and elected president like position, and end up spending far greater amounts of money on this new position, than what we already contribute to the crown.
I honestly don't see the point in creating an office that ends up having us spend more of our money on it.
spiderman123
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Best Patriotic Flag I could come up with
It is beautiful and very relevant to our experience.
The poll the article cites states the following:
That aside, as I stated before, the crown is a symbol of imperialism and oppression to various minorities throughout all of Canada, so removing it would be a symbolic gesture to distance Canada from its colonial past.
Sakura
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Where is the poll the article cites? The very video in the article specifically writes 50%.
Edit: Googling that quote tells me you are referencing an older poll
https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/majorit...rchy-when-queen?language_content_entity=en-ca
The poll also found that 51% of British Columbians believe the ties to the monarchy should be cut, a more recent figure than the one you cited before.
Sakura
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No they aren't. Read the bottom of the articles. From the original article you posted
From the older one your 53% quote comes from:
This is the poll cited in the original article you posted, specifically coming from the section on monarchy: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/2017-06/Canada%20150-report-2017-07-01.pdf
I like how in the poll 50% of Canadians think we should cut ties with the British Monarchy, while 60% of Canadians think "The constitutional monarchy helps to define Canadian identity and should continue to be our form of government". Do the additional 10% come from people who think we should have a Canadian Monarchy or something?
Lol, amazing
yanipheonu
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Was just thinking this. Yeah, it's about time.
Love the idea of incorporating the trillium design. Its a symbol for Ontario anyways, and it follows the Maple Leaf in using natural imagery as a symbol.
Love the idea of incorporating the trillium design. Its a symbol for Ontario anyways, and it follows the Maple Leaf in using natural imagery as a symbol.
Chuckie
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You Are Viewtiful
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The one with the yellow looks good when drawn, but I think it might be too bright in the sun. We'd have to see a real version to be sure.
Edit: actually, on second thought, it does look nice. Let's change it. xD
AuthenticM
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Spaced Harrier
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Man having the Union Jack on there still, is pathetic.
Oh well at least you got a real flag for your country.. unlike OZ and NZ
Oh well at least you got a real flag for your country.. unlike OZ and NZ
Quebec's is good. I like Nunavut and Newfoundland's too.
I don't have a problem with a traditional coat of arms type flag, but we're way past having a union jack on our flags. Better to modernize and create something unique to the province if the design is looking dated.
Maybe the Haida should have a say in the name, or the Salish, etc.
But I agree, BC has about as much to do with Britain as it does with Columbus
Man, NZ had some sick looking flags to choose from in that referendum.
Too bad they voted to stick with the old one, but that's democracy for ya
Man, NZ had some sick looking flags to choose from in that referendum.
Too bad they voted to stick with the old one, but that's democracy for ya
Was the referendum structured such that there was one question for whether or not to change the flag and a second one for what the new flag ought to be?
I feel like the way to do this would be to just go straight to the second question which includes the old flag, so as to avoid status quo bias.
Will it blow your mind if I tell you the Queen of England is still Canada's head of state? Have you seen the BC flag? You realize Canada is also still part of the commonwealth right. It isn't about glorifying genocide but retaining a tie to the United Kingdom as Canada is a former colony and official formal title is still Dominion of Canada...
Extra Sauce
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Didn't realize just how good the Quebec flag is until now.
Canada is a better country than England, we don't need that fuccboi shit.
lastplayed
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Too bad they voted to stick with the old one, but that's democracy for ya
It was bloody close though. Some electorates around here were in favour of the new one (which was the black and blue fern design).
gutter_trash
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Canada should dump the monarchy after Elizabeth II passes.
don't want Charles on the 20 dollar bill
don't want Charles on the 20 dollar bill
Princess Kate can be on the 20
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And kettles.
If it was decent I'm sure we'd see more of it.
That's the opinion of myself and everyone I know.
I feel kinda bad for Charles in that respect. He's been waiting his whole life to be king.
Everything has a flag. Your town or city has a flag.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
No way OP, Ontario and Manitoba have the best provincial flags, bar none.
You Are Viewtiful
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I actually like the Saskatchewan flag.
Royal_Phalanx
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I think Canada should eventually ditch all ties to the monarchy. It's pretty much a medieval relic at this point. The European countries like Spain with a monarchy should also dump it because it's obscene how the country as a whole is in an economic crisis yet one family lives in luxury just because their ancestors were top of the feudal system. It would save a lot of money. It outweighs the preservation of history IMO. Also nobody cares about most European monarchs anyway, never heard a Dutch person even care about their monarch for example. I wonder if not having a monarchy would benefit the national psyche of the UK because it seems the traditional class system is still extremely powerful here.
TheRealTalker
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Nunavut laughs at everyone's pathetic flags
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
That doesn't really scream Ontario. Neither having a flower nor excessive use of green makes it unique.
I don't think most people are of a mind to change symbols anyway.
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This is so so so perfect.