If flags remain at half\u002Dstaff after Nov. 11, it will be a reminder of the fragility of the freedom and equality that veterans fought for.
We are a modest country when it comes to this sort of thing. We have military cemeteries and museums, but we’re not given to military parades or publicly marking important battles.
Since May, flags on federal buildings — and others — have been flying at half-mast following the discovery of unmarked burial grounds near Kamloops by the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc, with the remains of 215 children from the former residential school. That’s because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated that the flags would remain lowered until First Nations leaders felt it was appropriate to end the symbolic gesture. To put it in military terms, he didn’t have an exit strategy.Article content
During the First World War, every man between the ages of 20 and 35 from the Nk’maplqs band near Vernon enlisted. For every conflict that Canada has entered, the publicly stated rationale has been to uphold democracy and defend the rights, freedoms and values set out in our own Constitution, or to extend their reach into countries such as Afghanistan.Article content
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