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May 18, 2016 –Toronto As Victoria Day approaches, Republic Now announces an ad campaign to help ensure Elizabeth II is the last British monarch to reign over Canada. Republic Now plans to take out ads on public transit that challenge Canada’s habit of plagiarizing Britain’s head of state. It’s the first ad campaign to ever…
April 21, 2016 –Toronto The United States promises to feature a historic Canadian resident on its next $20 bill, something Canada, itself, has never done, but which is long overdue. Harriet Tubman, the famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad and who lived for eight years in St. Catharines, Ontario, will replace Andrew Jackson on the…
March 14, 2016–Toronto Today is Commonwealth Day, highlighting an organization which has grown from days of empire to a group made up mostly of republics. Across Canada, the official nod to the day is to fly a flag — not the Commonwealth flag, the British flag. The federal government requires the Union Jack flown at…
February 11, 2016 –Toronto As the Canadian flag turns 51 this Flag Day (Feb. 15), we urge Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to honour it by erasing a rule that disgraces our proud banner, and thereby all of us. A federal decree says the Maple Leaf is inferior to the personal flags of the governor general,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2016 –Toronto A patriotic group seeking to give Canada its own head of state is calling on Canada Post to honour Canadians on its stamps instead of royalty in Britain. It’s also asking the Mint to put Canadians on the head of Canadian coins–something the Mint has never done. The…