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://x.com/TheRealKeean/status/1962894488994779400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“The department denied giving me my own personal information on the grounds that it would “reveal technical information relating to weapons”. That weapon, was my wooden walking cane.”
https://peckford42.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/fildebrandt-cover-up-at-alberta-justice/