What's with the Premier of Newfoundland!!

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

For my part,when the feds,and I don't want to get into politics,chose the flag as we know it now,I was upset as anyone,replacing the Ensign,the bastards(Excuse my english)BUT and this is the killer that brouight me around to finally accept the "Maple Leaf".Firstly,my family fought under the RED ENSIGN from the Boer War thru World War One,through WW2,plus Korea to the 1956 war in Egypt.It was only in 1972 when I wore the Maple Leaf flag on my jean jacket on my trip to Jolly old England and afterward Dieppe.Everyone in the UK said "Oh you're a Canadian" or in Dieppe"Vous etes un Canadien".Do you know what-it was like at this time that I and I repeat I,as a Canadian,HAD a distinctive identity,which,I feel our old Ensign,that I still love,would not have identified me from MY country>Wear it and be proud
Merry Christmas all you MLU'ers