{"id":827973,"date":"2026-07-26T22:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827973\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:08:37","slug":"giant-canadian-flag-to-fly-outside-ottawa-city-hall-in-response-to-u-s-tariffs-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827973\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Canadian flag to fly outside Ottawa City Hall in response to U.S. tariffs: Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A giant maple leaf flag will fly on the side of Ottawa City Hall starting Monday to promote Canadian unity after the latest round of proposed tariffs from the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOver the past 18 months, we\u2019ve witnessed an extraordinary increase in Canadian pride,\u201d said Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe in a social media post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the punitive new tariffs recently imposed on many businesses in Ottawa and throughout Canada, I think it\u2019s more important than ever that we show our city and our country are strong and united.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The giant flag is normally only displayed on City Hall overlooking Marion Dewar Plaza on Canada Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s continue to proudly display our maple leaf and work together to build a stronger, more resilient, more independent economy,\u201d Sutcliffe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/trumps-tariffs\/article\/trump-retaliating-against-us-booze-ban-dairy-with-50-tariffs-on-canadian-goods\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/trumps-tariffs\/article\/trump-retaliating-against-us-booze-ban-dairy-with-50-tariffs-on-canadian-goods\/\">a new 50 per cent tariff<\/a> on some Canadian goods, including wine, hockey sticks and cement, for what his administration is characterizing as discriminatory trade policies.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A giant maple leaf flag will fly on the side of Ottawa City Hall starting Monday to promote&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[712,49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-827973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827973","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=827973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}