The protagonists appeared to be withdrawing from their hard positions. It fell to John R. MacNicol, member for Davenport Toronto and past president of riding, city ward, provincial and dominion Conservative associations, to bring the dreamers to heel. He would have nothing less than the Red Ensign and said so in terms that left no further hope for compromise. His only concession would be a maple leaf on a white background instead of the Coat of Arms. These descriptions are pretty vague, so I had to do a little creative interpretation.
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In Chris's initial posting on the subject he referred to gold. This is the second Quebecois proposal for a Canadian flag that I mention. Apparantly there is a flag that looks like the Canadian flag, but with blue stripes. There have been a number of replies to this inquiry that more or less answered the question. That really kicked the Canadian flag issue into the forefront of public debate, culminating in 1965.