School Public Policy Governance and Michael Valpy

Red Ensign: The defenders of the Red Ensign were defending a flag that had been Canada for generations and under which Canadians had fought in two world wars, according to Toronto Star. It was our flag, not a symbolic colonial anything. That bending history. Michael Valpy, Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of TorontoShame on the government of Canada, not because it spent millions of dollars on commemorating the anniversaries of the War of 1812 and the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald, but because in comparison it spent zilch on anniversary celebrations for the repatriation of the Constitution and has likewise snubbed its nose at the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Canadian flag on Feb. 15, undoubtedly because the latter two landmark events occurred under a government of a different colour. Wayne C. Vance, TorontoCanadians should be disappointed that the anniversaries of both our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and national flag were effectively ignored by the Harper government. Just because politics is part of history, it has no place in defining what is historical. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.