{"id":771060,"date":"2026-06-30T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771060\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:00:15","slug":"you-said-it-no-flag-for-me-on-canada-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771060\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: No flag for me on Canada Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>NO FLAG FOR ME ON CANADA DAY<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t be feeling particularly warm and fuzzy this Canada Day. I used to display a big Canadian flag outside my house, but have absolutely no desire to do so anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I think the Liberal government has caused so much damage and division that I have lost what Canada meant to me before. The Liberals are doing everything in their power to ensure Canada continues its decline.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can criticize me if they want. I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not the only one who feels this way.<\/p>\n<p>GISELE LAVICTOIRE<\/p>\n<p>ORL\u00c9ANS<\/p>\n<p>CANADA FAR FROM BILINGUAL<\/p>\n<p>Re: Our kingdom for a French dictionary? Editorial, June 27<\/p>\n<p>Canada is not a bilingual country (as the above editorial stated).<\/p>\n<p>If we were, schools in all provinces would teach both English and French. Canada is a country with two official languages. Your choice.<\/p>\n<p>New Brunswick is the only bilingual province. Quebec is the only unilingual province.<\/p>\n<p>If only, back in the day when then-PM Pierre Trudeau introduced Canada\u2019s two official<br \/>languages, every provincial school board had decided to include both languages in their curriculum, most Canadians today would be bilingual.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>What a shame that school boards in Canada didn\u2019t have the foresight then to be world<br \/>leaders.<\/p>\n<p>LUCILLE YAWORSKI<\/p>\n<p>ORL\u00c9ANS<\/p>\n<p>SENS PLAYED IT SMART<\/p>\n<p>You never want to keep a player who no longer wants to play for your team. It was smart of the Ottawa Senators to trade Brady Tkachuk quickly while his value was at its highest.<\/p>\n<p>We have already traded for a very good player from the Sharks who could easily replace the numbers Brady put up. And we still had the draft picks. I\u2019m looking forward to the coming season.<\/p>\n<p>STEVE CORNISH<\/p>\n<p>GRANBY, QUE.<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-too-painful-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ismael Saibari of Morocco reacts after challenged during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Morocco and Haiti at Atlanta Stadium on June 24, 2026 in Atlanta.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2283180383_303912717.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Too &#8216;painful&#8217; to watch<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-stay-home-show-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782824415_207_2269955102_302499409.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Stay home, show up<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content NO FLAG FOR ME ON CANADA DAY Article content I won\u2019t be feeling particularly warm and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-771060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}