- Canadian Duality Flag
The Canadian Duality Flag (also called the Renewed Canadian Flag or Canadian Unity Flag) is an unofficial flag that was originally circulated to demonstrate the unity of
Canada during the lead-up to the1995 Quebec referendum , at rallies for the "no" side. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-13|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca_misc.html|title=Other Canadian flags (Canada)|publisher=CRW Flags] The design was chosen to represent the "francophone " population on the nation'smaple leaf flag by adding blue stripes to the red sections, roughly in proportion to the number of Canadians who are primarily French-speaking (blue) and English-speaking (red). The blue was chosen as it is the main colour that is used on theflag of Quebec . [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-13|url=http://www.trcf.ca/|title=Canadian Duality Flag|publisher=Canadian Duality]The symbolism of the blue stripes is somewhat redundant in the Canadian flag, as the white in it was the colour of the kings of France and was chosen to represent Canada's French population. Furthermore, the maple leaf was originally chosen as the symbol of the
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society , and does not include blue in this flag.The flag has been modified twice to honour French Canadian hockey players Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, and Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion. In both tributes, the number of Richard and Geoffrion, in white, was charged in the centre of the maple leaf.
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