Good response!
Yes, it is “stylized” for sure, but the pattern is nothing like the leaf of northeastern maples, but an excellent caricature of the maples of the pacific region.
The ‘dumbing down’ of our population, and the re-writing of our history by the socialists has been ongoing at least since Pearson’s time.
Until the late 50s/early 60s, the Canadian military was something to be feared. Out of a population of less than 8 million in 1914, 620,000 served in the RCN and CEF. Out of a population of 11 million in 1939, over 1 million served in the RCAF, RCN, and Canadian Army.
The lie of the socialist for decades has been that Canada has always been a “peace keeping” nation. German survivors of the Battles of the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele would beg to differ! The Germans named the CEF ‘storm troopers’ as the Allies, facing defeat in late 1917, with the release of thousands of German troops from the Eastern Front, unleashed the very experienced and well organized Canadian First Army. Spearheading attacks on the Western Front, the CEF led the destruction and collapse of the German front lines, eventually leading to Armistice. In WW2, after Italy and Normandy, the Canadian Army was tasked with the less than glorious, and very difficult task of rooting out the Krauts from the Atlantic coast of Europe, capturing the heavily defended Scheldt Estuary and the Low Countries.
Decades of Liberal indifference to the military, and too much spending on useless social programs has turned many Canadians into ‘gibs me dats’. Sure, there are some social programs that I agree with, but over fifty years of multiple billions of transfers to Québec? NO WAY! Why should my hard earned income go to subsidize all the social programs in Québec? I believe in a hand up, not a hand out.