Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper have jointly written an open letter, telling Canadians to show the flag as never before as the country contends with threats and ...

Simply put, the Red Ensign is a flag of Canada and for all Canadians. It is not the current official flag, but it still represents the country and an enormous chunk of its history from 1868 to 1965.

The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British merchant fleet - also was used atop the flag poles of the nation. In 1963, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson pitched his idea for a ...