All the things we take as "eternal history" aren't that old. Canada didn't even have its own charter of rights and freedoms until 1982. History is constantly happening and evolving. Nothing is static.
Things can and do change.

Things can change for the better.

Never accept "that's just how it is."
On this day in 1965, the new Maple Leaf Flag was raised at Parliament Hill for the first time.
But getting to that point was very difficult. It was a divisive debate to create the flag, that went on for months.
Let's learn more about how Canada got its flag!

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