@gosplan1921@GeoffyPJohnston No that’s is inaccurate. The King is head of the Commonwealth. Canada has a Governor General who signs legislation and is Head of State. The Prime Minister is the head of the government of Canada and effectively writes legislation and operates the government.
When I was a young detective, I was part of a team working to identify a man who had abducted and murdered a child. After we arrested him, two senior detectives interviewed him—and what he said has stayed with me ever since.
He looked them in the eye and said, “If she had screamed, I would’ve let her go. I told her not to scream or I’d kill her—but if she had, I would’ve run.”
He even said, “Make sure you tell parents that.”
As sick as it was, his words carried a brutal truth: if someone is trying to force you into a car—scream. Fight. Make noise. Don’t go quietly. Because where they’re trying to take you is never a better place.
I pass that information on as often as I can.
When people see the maple leaf, they see possibility. They see freedom. They see a helping hand.
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 A message from His Majesty The King to the people of Canada, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the National Flag of Canada.
🇨🇦 Un message de Sa Majesté le Roi aux Canadiens à l’occasion du 60e anniversaire du drapeau national du Canada.
On this day in 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill.
On this day in 1965, the new Maple Leaf Flag was raised at Parliament Hill for the first time.
But getting to that point was very difficult. It was a divisive debate to create the flag, that went on for months.
Let's learn more about how Canada got its flag!
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