About a dozen reporters were invited to enjoy a cup of tea with Pearson at 24 Sussex in July ’64 and watch him unfurl his choice for the new flag, dubbed the Pearson Pennant. Get Access to iPolitics ...

The so-called Pearson Pennant was criticized intensely and the subject of hundreds of editorial cartoons and running jokes. An Alberta newspaper asked local readers to write in with their thoughts.

The so-called Pearson Pennant, a sprig of three red maple leaves bordered by blue bars, ultimately lost out to the flag Canadians know today. But the prime minister was elated nevertheless as the ...

This was the Prime Minister’s own choice, the infamous “Pearson Pennant.” Of course, our present flag with the red borders and the one maple leaf also had many advocates. I remember very ...

Conservative leader John Diefenbaker Some dismissed it as "Pearson's pennant." And Conservative leader John Diefenbaker told Pearson, "You have done more to divide this country than any other ...

It was a cold Feb. 15, 1965, when thousands gathered on Parliament Hill to see the new design -- dubbed "Pearson's pennant" by those in opposition -- run up the flagpole. With Canada's centennial ...

Canada’s simple, uncluttered flag is now a familiar sight — flying at countless official offices, sewn onto thousands of travellers’ backpacks, adorning patriotic sports fans’ shirts or ...