Fly It High

I love this country. We should all respect and be proud of the country that we reside in.

@lilacskies Yes, our neighbours and allies.

@Juliaacv Absolutely. I'm proud to be American.

The winter winds can be hard on a flag and there is nothing worse than seeing a tattered flag flying.

@Juliaacv And they are getting very expensive too

@wolfgirl569 Even the little paper ones that they hand out at parades and Canada Day festivals are getting smaller due to expense.

Do you fly it then?

@Juliaacv I have, I don't currently have a flag To be honest I am not very happy with the way things are going in this country. If I could afford it, I'd move to the UK

@snowy22315 I would be your neighbour, I would leave this continent too should things go bad. I worry about it and hope that it never comes to that.

@Juliaacv — I watch enough hockey to know the Canadian national anthem.

Thank you, I'm impressed that you know the words. I am sorry that my fellow countrymen find it necessary to boo your anthem, that is terribly disrespectful and uncalled for. We should be on guard for each other as we always have been.

Yes, it is today for us.

Yes, your flag is quite a nice looking one. I always feel a bit sad when immigrants fly the flag from their country in Canada. Many more have a small set of boxing gloves with their country's flag on them hanging from their rear view mirrors in their cars. It doesn't exactly shout harmony, and so many of them have those.

@JudyEv I can agree, when you move to a country embrace the culture of that country and enjoy it. I looked in my rearview mirror this morning at a stop light and noticed the car behind me moving closer and closer and I thought that behaviour aggressive, and then I noticed boxing gloves on the mirror of that vehicle. hmmmm.....

@Juliaacv I'm not sure what message they are trying to give with boxing gloves and their own flags. I haven't seen that here but we are getting more and more unrest between, say, Israelis and Palestinians. It's a pity we can't just all be 'Australians'.

@Juliaacv So what happened to the flagpole?

We have a flag and no pole too. We used to have a nice flagpole and flag. My husband did some training for a company that did welding, and as a result besides payment, the owner was so impressed that he offered to make him a custom flag pole and come out and install it. It was a really kind gesture. Snow....we will get much much more snow than we want. It should start around 3am and I don't know when it will quit. Some places are running out of places to shovel it to as it is piled very high. Our city isn't that bad, yet.

Another time you can fly it. There is alot going on right now which is why everyone is proudly displaying their flags lately. I hope that the warmth of the red colour of the maple leaf warms people's hearts and makes them realize that we should treat everyone, regardless of their country, with respect.

Thank you, I love the maple leaf it represents our country well.

You get cold and rain and we get really cold and snow. Want to trade? I'm tired of the snow.