RP: Canadian Flag Referendum (Round 2), 1965

Flag Referendum (R2), July 2, 1965


  • Total voters
    31
  • Poll closed .
Two Nations/Deux Nations has been eliminated. Now for the runoff between Pearson's Pennant and the Maple Leaf.

Pearson's Pennant.

 
Both the current Maple Leaf flag and "Pearson's Pennant" look great in my opinion (though why, oh why, do the leaves in the prototypes look like they were drawn in MS Paint or some other crappy programme?), in my honest opinion. Pearson's Pennant, in particular, reminds me of my own state flag:

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All three - the two Canadian flags and my own state flag - are equally beautiful in their own way.

In an ATL universe, however, where trying to replace the Red Ensign is verboten (I'm aiming it at people like AHIMPERIALIST), I hate to say it but I think the Blue Ensign is more classier, and not just because of other Commonwealth realms like Australia using Blue Ensigns (for one thing, the green leaves come out more in the Blue Ensign). Since that is basically a minority position, in that case maybe a typical compromise can be reached by combining the Red and Blue Ensigns into one. In that case, we could use the OTL original 9-striped version of the Hawaiian flag - basically give the middle finger to Newfoundland and have Ottawa say we don't want them (but don't mind annexing the Turks and Caicos to Nova Scotia and maybe taking over the whole West Indies Federation). Or add a 10th stripe and call it "quel'qun", using it to denote all expansion after the creation of the 8th and 9th provinces, respectively.

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Just be careful - I'm already using that idea for a alt-flag of New England in a TL where New England is an independent country. :cool:
 
You can thank Dief for the Pennant not being adopted. It never had a proper name, because as usual "Pearson's Pennant" was a bit of insulting snark from Dief at Mike. But better than than "Commons 'C' Committee finalist, 1964" which is its Genocidal description. :D
 
You can thank Dief for the Pennant not being adopted. It never had a proper name, because as usual "Pearson's Pennant" was a bit of insulting snark from Dief at Mike. But better than than "Commons 'C' Committee finalist, 1964" which is its Genocidal description. :D

True, but if the Red Ensign had to be replaced under Dief's watch, I would think a semi-Hawaiian flag that covers both the Red and Blue Ensigns could work, including a reversal to green maple leaves. I could produce a version of it on Paint, of which the only trouble would be aligning the CoA. At least the Australian flag is easy in this sense.
 
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