RP: Canadian Flag Referendum (Round 2), 1965

Flag Referendum Runoff: July 2, 1965


  • Total voters
    31
  • Poll closed .
Since no one heeded my last poll, we will have another runoff between the Maple Leaf and the Pennant. As a bonus, anyone is welcome to think of another name for it.

To remind everyone of the Pennant's appearance...

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I'm personally very fond of Pearson's Pennant. I find that version of the flag to be much more interesting than the Maple Leaf design. The sea-to-sea symbolism is very nice as well.

Meh. In the end, I won't make much of a fuss over the issue. If the Maple Leaf flag gets chosen over Pearson's design, I won't complain.
 
Interesting. We Canucks prefer the Maple Leaf, while our American friends prefer the Pennant. There's a message in this somewhere...
 
Repost from earlier threads on this subject, though lately I've been liking "Pearson's Pennant" more and more - unfortunately, I can't think of an alternate name at the moment, though maybe in the tradition of having the Red and Blue Ensigns, maybe we could call this one the Ocean Maple Ensign:

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:
 
Interesting. We Canucks prefer the Maple Leaf, while our American friends prefer the Pennant. There's a message in this somewhere...

Maybe because the Pennant has more symbolism and looks classier than our own Stars and Stripes. At least the blue in the flag is somewhat accurate for the colour of an ocean - though I'd prefer a deeper shade of blue like on the Blue Ensign.
 
A vote from south of the border (though when I look across the Detroit River toward Windsor I'm looking south) for the Maple Leaf!
 
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