In addition to the standard issues of international affairs, economic growth and social equality that most of us expect our government to constantly address, the federal government has spent the last few months placing focus on what on the surface appear to be minor domestic issues. Among these proposals have been the ruling that a portrait of the Queen should hang in all Canadian embassies, flying the Canadian flag should be a constitutional right, memorials for the War of 1812 should receive funding and our army should be renamed “The Royal Canadian Armed Forces”. Although there seems to be a general consensus on Parliament Hill that these measures are not out of line, many Canadians have expressed a belief that these changes hold little significance beyond strengthening the support of Conservative Party members. I have no intention of arguing the point, however we must look beyond the veil of partisan politics in order to see that these measures have the pot...
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