For many Indigenous Peoples, the symbolism of the Canadian flag is glaringly incommensurate with their colonial experience, a message that has been continuously contested through the development of ...

During the Revolutionary War, he said, the colonial government actively recruited Canadian colonists to fight in the Continental Army against the British.

The announcement led some cities to cancel Canada Day events in a national reckoning of the country’s colonial past. The flag symbolizes freedom for the truckers, she noted.

Jubilant sports fans flew the Canadian flag in 2019 after the NBA playoffs. Since then, the ‘freedom convoy’ has used the flag to try to represent their values.