Something struck me when I looked at the Canadian flag on this "Canada" Day and it's something that's always made me wonder.
It seems that the Maple Leaf is a symbol of Eastern Canada and not the West. Somehow that was overlooked back in Lester Pearson's day when Canada chose a rather unusual emblem for the flag
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/are-maple-trees-common-in-west-LHDurTK2RaOu_Bv9GFBoHQ
https://sheldonyakiwchuk.substack.com/p/edmonton-hospitals-call-for-a-state