West Lincoln, Ontario may be a town of just 15,000 or so people, but the tiny Niagara Region municipality has put itself on the map this week by taki…
West Lincoln , Ontario may be a town of just 15,000 or so people, but the tiny Niagara Region municipality has put itself on the map this week by taking a symbolic stand against U.S. President Donald Trump 's
"I feel disrespected by our American neighbours. It kind of strikes a nerve that here we are in our country, in our facility, proudly displaying their flag,""We have an American flag that seems to be fixed in our community centre and we don't even have an Ontario provincial flag that's up even one day... I don't think it has earned the right to remain in our facility 365 days a year.
"Even if our friend to the south of the border was not stirring the bucket, this would still be the correct decision. Why would we fly the flag of a foreign nation unless there was a delegation from that nation here in West Lincoln on an official visit?" one person wrote.
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