"There is significant and genuine affection for the Red Ensign in the veterans’ community of Canada for the reason that wars were fought and lives were lost under that flag... Canadians fought for the freedoms we enjoy today. I don’t think they fought to have the Red Ensign denigrated in such a manner, quite frankly."
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Bill Maxwell, as quoted in "Former Canadian flag, the Red Ensign, gets new, darker life as far-right symbol" (10 July 2017), by Graeme Hamilton, National Post
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