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...Senate, Canada's Parliament approved what Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson calls a flag for all Canadians. All that remained was for Queen Elizabeth to proclaim the new flag as the official emblem of Canada. Then down will come the old Red Ensign with its British Union Jack in the corner. And over Ottawa's Parliament Hill will fly the new banner -a single red maple leaf on a white field with heavy red bars on either side...
...very end, Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker and his Conservatives fought bitterly against the maple-leaf flag, arguing that it was an affront to Mother Britain to replace the Red Ensign* that had flown for 19 years. Yet Pearson, head of an unsteady minority government desperately trying to unify Canada's divided English and French-speaking populations, persisted and finally had to shut off debate by invoking closure for the first time since...
...conversion to a two year course, although this option will be open to them when the bill is signed. Capt. Edward A. Rodgers, professor of Naval Science and Naval Property Custodian, indicated that his department preferred the more comprehensive four-year course, which enables it to graduate an ensign immediately ready for service...
With stirring words about national unity, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson last May proudly proposed a new national flag for Canada-three red maple leaves on a white ground bracketed in blue. He wanted it to replace the old Red Ensign, envisioned it as a bright symbol of Canada's independent nationhood. Last week Pearson finally had to admit defeat. He gave up trying to push his flag through a stalemated Parliament and dumped the whole thing in the lap of a 15-man interparty committee, which now has six weeks to find a brand-new design...
...growing secessionist pressures in French Quebec and how secession would affect Canada economically, Diefenbaker all but accused him of plotting secession and forced embarrassed attempts to "clarify." The loudest and longest hassle erupted last May when Pearson proposed a new maple leaf national flag to replace the Red Ensign. "Flags," roared Diefenbaker, "cannot be imposed on the Canadian people by the simple, capricious personal choice of the Prime Minister! His personal choice will divide the nation." And with help from Diefenbaker...