A Winnipeg city councillor is calling on businesses across the city to fly Canadian flags, saying it would demonstrate unity amid what he describes as concerns over Canada’s sovereignty.<\/p>\n
Deputy Mayor and St. Norbert-Seine River Coun. Markus Chambers is asking business owners to put Canadian flags on storefronts, offices, and other places of business.<\/p>\n
Chambers is also proposing that Winnipeg will inspire a national movement, with businesses across the city becoming the first to take part.<\/p>\n
He is encouraging businesses of all sizes to participate, describing the display of the Maple Leaf as a simple way to demonstrate solidarity.<\/p>\n
“Canada’s sovereignty has been targeted, and now more than ever, we need to show the world \u2014 and each other \u2014 that we stand united,” Chambers said.<\/p>\n
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A citywide display<\/p>\n
Chambers says Winnipeg could make a particularly visible statement by putting Canadian flags on what he describes as “Operation naked flag pole” in downtown Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
He says a widespread display of flags throughout the city would send a message beyond Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
“Let’s make this city the flagship for a national movement \u2014 literally,” Chambers said. “If every business in Winnipeg flies the flag, we send a clear message that Canadians are united, proud, and not backing down.”<\/p>\n
Chambers is hoping participation in Winnipeg could encourage businesses in other Canadian communities to take up the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Winnipeg city councillor is calling on businesses across the city to fly Canadian flags, saying it would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-875723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875723","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=875723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}