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  2. National Flag of Canada Day - Wikipedia

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    National Flag of Canada Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order in Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the initiative of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. [7] At the first Flag Day ceremony in Hull, Quebec, Chrétien was confronted by demonstrators against proposed cuts to the unemployment insurance system, and while walking through the crowd he was grabbed by the neck and pushed ...

  3. List of Canadian flags - Wikipedia

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    The national flag of Canada (at left) being flown with the flags of the 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. The Department of Canadian Heritage lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or ...

  4. National symbols of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Next highest were the national anthem ("O Canada"), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and ice hockey. [4] A similar poll by Ipsos-Reid in 2008 indicated that the maple leaf was the primary item that defines Canada, followed by ice hockey, the national flag, the beaver, the Canadarm, Canada Day, and Canadian Forces peacekeeping. [5]

  5. Portal:Canada/Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The National Flag of Canada (French: Drapeau national du Canada), often referred to simply as the Canadian flag, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre.

  6. Canada Day - Wikipedia

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    Some Canadians were, by the early 1980s, informally referring to the holiday as Canada Day, [n 2] a practice that caused some controversy: [34] Proponents argued that the name Dominion Day was a holdover from the colonial era—an argument given some impetus by the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982—and others asserted that an ...

  7. Mystery Solved: Why the Canadian Flag Was Blurred Out on ‘The ...

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    Disney/John Fleenor Fans of The Bachelor are used to blurred-out moments on the dating show, usually caused by skimpy swimwear, but the season 28 premiere included a head-scratcher: a censored ...

  8. Trump trolls PM Justin Trudeau as the ‘governor’ of the ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump continued to troll Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday amid tariff talks, dubbing him "governor" of the "Great State of Canada" after purportedly joking ...

  9. A mari usque ad mare - Wikipedia

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    The motto within the Canadian coat of arms. A mari usque ad mare (Latin: [aː ˈmariː ˈuːskᶣɛ ad ˈmarɛ]; French: D'un océan à l'autre, French pronunciation: [dœ̃nɔseˈã aˈloʊ̯tʁ]; English: From sea to sea) is the Canadian national motto. The phrase comes from the Latin Vulgate translation of Psalm 72:8 in the Bible: