Talk:History of Canada (1960-1981)
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[edit] Materiel
Forgot to mention in my edit summary, that it's spelled materiel to distinguish from material. heqs 16:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Appropriateness of "Pearson Pennant"?
I can't think right now what else might be a suitable image for this article, but an also-ran from the Flag Debate doesn't seem to fit the bill; especially since that particular one is an echo of the Ontarian flag, which is why the rest of us didn't like it. Given the timeframe I'd almost say that a triptych of Diefenbaker, Pearson and Trudeau would do much better; or maybe the Katimavik pavilion at Expo '67 (the giant ashtray of the Canadian pavilion).Skookum1 18:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think the "what if" factor of the pearson pennant is interesting. For those of us who weren't alive at the time, it's a real eye-catcher. -- TheMightyQuill 04:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto for the Red Ensign, which I was used to during my growing-up years, and which was actually our flag, or used as one (technically the Union Jack was the official flag, as I recall), which the Pearson Pennant wasn't. Sure, have a page on the flag debate with all the various proposals; the Pearson Pennant in particular was unsavory outside of Ontario as eplained above, never mind the shade of blue used (the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes use more of a navy rather than a royal blue).Skookum1 08:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC) i.e. if there is a historical flag to be featured on this page, it should be the Red Ensign; the HBC flag comes to mind as it used to wave over a good two-thirds of what's now the national territory (or more) but it wasn't a national flag; only a corporate one.Skookum1 08:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, forgot this is a time-limited history article, so comments about Red Ensign and HBC flag irrelevant; but still think either a Pearson-Dief-Trudeau triptych and/or a shot of Expo'67 (with a diptych of troops during the October Crisis?) might sum up the era better. The flag debate was a lot of hot air, as famously lampooned by Len Norris, who drew a picture of people hanging onto flagpoles near Parliament Hill as hurricane-force winds of blather came out of the House....Skookum1 08:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto for the Red Ensign, which I was used to during my growing-up years, and which was actually our flag, or used as one (technically the Union Jack was the official flag, as I recall), which the Pearson Pennant wasn't. Sure, have a page on the flag debate with all the various proposals; the Pearson Pennant in particular was unsavory outside of Ontario as eplained above, never mind the shade of blue used (the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes use more of a navy rather than a royal blue).Skookum1 08:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC) i.e. if there is a historical flag to be featured on this page, it should be the Red Ensign; the HBC flag comes to mind as it used to wave over a good two-thirds of what's now the national territory (or more) but it wasn't a national flag; only a corporate one.Skookum1 08:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
