To me, it ain't about waving the flag because it's the flag. It's waving the flag in honour of the people who made that flag what it is, of those who stood up for the ideals embodied within the hearts and minds of people who supported and support that flag. Any flag.

The Canuck flag was not always The Maple Leaf, but the people always were. Wish I had an RCAF flag for tomorrow morn at 08:35h to fly for my bro... it will be a year he's gone. Thirty three and a half years he stood on guard for thee and me, Flight Sargeant William Burton Owens. I miss him.

That's Canada Day for me.