Fight To Keep It Flying High!

This is very important, this goes to the very root of our democracy. This is not something to play political games with, it is more important than that, it is the heart and soul of being Canadian. It's about what our soldiers fight for, it's the true identity of Canadians, it's more than just a symbol, people die for it. What is it?

Our flag.

There are very strick rules that need to be followed with respect to our flag. The rules have been established, and everyone knows what they are, except it seems the opposition.

Every soldier who goes into battle, does so to keep our flag high, they do not want symbolic gestures like lowering it every time a Canadian soldier dies, there are rules, they want them followed. They would prefer that our flag flies high on the Peace Tower, to prove that our nation is still strong, then to have it lowered everytime a soldier dies. They died to keep the flag flying high, not for it to be put at half mast. The flag flies at half mast at Legions, and at their command center, that is the recognition they deserve.

The Peace Tower is a very different situation, yet opposition parties passed a bill this week that was all about "emotions" and had nothing to do with traditions.

Rather than lowering the national flag every time a Canadian soldier is killed, the Tories wants to put more emphasis on Remembrance Day, lowering the flag once a year in honour of all Canadian soldiers killed.

MPs voted Wednesday on the Liberal motion that would require a moment of silence and lowering the Canadian flag on the Peace Tower for all dead soldiers, even as a report recommends cutting back on the honour.

Jason Kenney, secretary of state for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, told CTV's Canada AM on Wednesday that the current policy, which sees the flag lowered for every soldier's death, hurts the flag's status as a symbol of national pride.

Royal Canadian Legion and other veteran's associations, as well as many in the military, support the position, Kenney said.

For all dead soldiers? That means a soldier that kills himself? Or God forbid robs a bank and gets killed in the robbery attempt? Dies of old age? When do we lower the Peace Tower flag?

Why can't the opposition respect our flag? Well, the Bloq wants to separate, the NDP hate any mention of soldiers with guns, and this motion by a Liberal, is a political ploy to make the Conservatives look bad for voting against the motion. Shame on all of them for disrespecting our flag!

This article goes to the heart of what I am saying.

Walking through the the main gates and onto Parliament Hill from Wellington Street in Ottawa is about as Canadian as it gets.
For there, directly ahead, is the most identifiable symbol in the country: the Houses of Parliament, the Peace Tower and, atop it, the Canadian maple leaf that wafts proudly in the wind.
It is our flag. It is the symbol for which we stand. It is the brand that we have presented to the world. In many ways, the maple leaf speaks for us.

So lower that flag on the Peace Tower, once a year, on Remembrance Day, to honour all soldiers, firefighters, and policemen, who have dedicated their lives to our country. Do not make it a political issue, like the opposition have make it.

On 9/11, amid all the suffering and pain, what picture is most remembered?



Keep our flag flying high, that's what our soldiers are fighting for.