WATCH: THE FLAG AT 50 - Flag Day Rally

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WATCH: Flag Day Rally with Justin Trudeau and the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien

[ http://new.livestream.com/LiberalLive/events/3803027]

February 15, 2015

Today marks the 50th birthday of the Canadian Flag. In just a few moments we will be kicking off the country’s largest celebration with Justin Trudeau and Jean Chrétien.

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LISTEN: The Great Canadian Flag Debate

[ http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/the-grea ... -1.2950696 ]

Thursday February 12, 2015

The flag recognized around the world with its red bars and stylized maple leaf on a white background is about as Canadian as you can get- right up there with maple syrup, lumberjacks and the Rockies. In the early 1960s, however, there was some serious opposition to the proposal for a new design. To mark National Flag Day on February 15, Rewind celebrates the Canadian flag with a look at its rocky inception and birth. [ . . . ]

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Feds spend $50,000 for flag’s 50th birthday

[ http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1262264 ... -birthday/ ]

January 15, 2015 Updated : January 15, 2015 | 2:46 pm

OTTAWA – The federal government has allotted $50,000 for celebrations for the upcoming 50th birthday of the iconic Maple Leaf flag.

That’s compared to almost $4 million for a campaign marking the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth, and $5.2 million spent on the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Canadian Heritage said Thursday that the $50,000 includes funds for promotional material, a photo exhibit during Ottawa’s upcoming Winterlude festivities and various “outreach products.”

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(Liberal MP) Belanger has produced a poster for his riding of Ottawa-Vanier, that will be sent to 14,000 students. It provides historical highlights of how the flag came to be and is available on his website: [ http://www.mauril.ca/the-canadian-flag. ]