Colby Cosh: Exactly who is going to decide when Canada can raise its flag again?

I never would have believed it. Late last month, as our federal election campaign was just getting underway, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole made the most fleeting of mentions of the odd situation in which our national flag has found itself. The Canadian flag atop the Peace Tower has, on the order of the prime minister, flown at half-mast since May 30, as have other flags on federal buildings in the Dominion. Read More