We have the best of flags

The Canadian flag regularly ranks among the best-designed flags of the world, and for good reason. It's distinctly Canadian, minimal yet impactful, and fully representative of all Canadians, regardless of our origins. It's a triumph of tasteful design.

When this first, fully Canadian flag—independent of English or French symbols—was brought in by a bipartisan committee of Liberals and Conservatives, it did not please everyone.

One of the people it offended was Ontario premier John Robarts, who created the first Ontario flag in response to it. Until then, Ontario had had no flag.

We have the worst of flags

The Ontario flag does not meet the high standards the Canadian flag sets. It's stuck in a vision of Canada that makes little room for Francophones, immigrants, or even the Indigenous peoples of this land. It represents Ontario's reality less as each year goes on, and Ontario becomes more diverse and more Canadian.

In a ranking of American and Canadian state and provincial flags in 2003, it came in dead last. That's no surprise either: it's crowded, generic, and easily confused with Manitoba's.

We can do better!

Canada's flag was a result of a non-partisan effort to celebrate our country jointly, something that's missing from our public life right now. It's a success worth emulating and repeating.

This petition calls for a new flag for Ontario—one that reflects the vibrancy and creativity of our province and looks to the future.

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