Show canada now has a an n official flag alai banner bears bear maple leaf fleurdelis fleur de dc lis li and ind crosses crose toronto out ord canada at last haa bag an authorized ling flag of hr her own there them I 1 has inert previously sly b been a BO called cars cana afian flag but stickler tic kleas tor far correct us AV age in the these matters malta pointed out oat that it wait waa always quite improper to use mas it na an national flag it was a variation of the british red ensign with na As as it of device called the C canadian tile coat at of anna in the fly T thirty years yeara ago canadian registered mer chant vessels were aut antho bried by thin the british adin admiralty trally to use nae this ensign up to the present it has bag been the only canadian flag of any kind ever author zed and la is only for ships A title little over two iwo 11 yeara 1 ra ago age jg ing george authorized the DM of R nei dlan canadian cost coat of grain anna design that had been prepared for the purpose by a special interdepartmental committee of the C canadian dion government on april 26 1 by order ber in council conell the shield from on the ile new w canadian coat cast of straff amr rep replaced I 1 aced the old shield on the fly by of the red ensign the use of flags bearing the old shield was permitted vy up to march sl 31 1924 this period of license granted in order that mercantile con can a cerna stocked with old CAP might torl not be losers has now expiry expired from aar apr april 11 I 1 the metal flag of ane dominion dominica of canada Is the new corn and duty duly alb rl d C canadian tile flag bag carries carrie three acme croziek the main feature of the new flag AS a in the case of rf the previous un authar ased flag Is 18 the old union jack of at the british tale lelee with till its if combination of the aames creasea of st SL george gearge st BL andrew and ad st at patrick its distinguishing feature 1 the mi ad nor or a figure gum on the fly of the red ensign tb the n new and and distinctive canadian coat cast of i nub the shield while legs leal complicated than the old device Is 1 designed to in fin dacate the composite origin of the ca nadian nation england scotland and ireland each already rep represented rated I 1 id the union jack are am again designated by arma arm but prominently displayed tn in addition Is the fleurdelis fleur de lis of france franca then at the bottom to link all four font together Is III f X sprig of at the canadian Canad laa maple madl the committee stick natch designed this new 1 CA coat 1 of 01 arm arms 11 wai composed compo comp aed of 11 sir joseph pope sir willoughby Ow atkin thona thomas malvey aliver and abd or dr A 0 dough ty they followed the following reasoning a 1 that Cons canadians clams stand A to I 1 their king in as close a relation lans ad M do any of MB his subjects subject a elsewhere 2 that thai canada an integral part of the british empire has emerged from the war a member of the league of nations nation and 9 that canada was founded by norn men of four different nationalities national it lea french franch english S scottish I 1 telah and irlie atod d that labault C canadians wens inherit the league lanna Eft laws literature and history of all four exams coun trick deilnn C cabie cot comment the design of the new flag fla halt h not escaped critler criticism leading 0 canadian men journals bate h protested against the shield on an the fly most moat critics hold that the only defacement nt should be 9 am 1 ill pie maple leaf the mandes montreal witness record that hal jh it has pleaded with every eve government fr from that of alexander Muc Mackei kesl oile on As to have thin pt pot 11 there then roust must be a defacement rep laced by the simple canadian maple leaf and da A nom more S symbol hot that could 10 id be dis d flourished at any Al distance stance and would donld make the heart of every canadian canada from frana whatever province beat higher M many ny other suggestion were made ingra on one of the in most car internet we was put forward by the manitoba Meal talau free frea frees aress it suggested the on union luck leek a the quarter with a white field whereon whereas should be bebo shown in blue the coatella com 1 tella t ton of th the dipper and the north fth at etar thus producing a 8 sag bag with a totally family re iem blonce to th the noid sister ter dominions of 0 new ew zen ad S and australia wh flag ass display tn in tile the manner suggested the stars of at the southern crabb a but the flag committee we waa mad there arc ninny say resl reel denta dent ot canada C ld who ba think to no canadian 11 flag 9 at all 11 te the he union ajack lack necea csar aarT they use and think it quite ll ta for f any part of t the arrid empire their la 1 often free expressed by I 1 the one nag one me fleet one flione th the herel heraldic dIc description of the q anar ter g an the shield of the he new a candian cang dist co coat t of arm IB an follow first gules three ran blonn p passant at 1 in pale put for fa england gilld S second ierra 1 or a lion rampant within this double me treasure flory counter nice gory dory sales tor f senela scotland n it third acure r harp be or tr tg t ined g a w I 1 foi fal north fourth acure three be fleura urd it ireland seadis Sead ss allx A or three IQ gold on AS blue bin field tor or france F a anil ad the ali third alv fridd ion of ahe argent three AS macx 1 I 1 lyu conjoined an oa cas afta prapai pro pai |