Ontario Considered a Flag-Burning Law — Then Abandoned It After Internal Pushback

Ontario considered a flag-burning law — then abandoned it after internal pushback

The proposal was scheduled to be discussed at Ford's cabinet on May 21, Ontario's Flag Day, but was pulled from ministers' briefing materials shortly before cabinet convened.

Ontario briefly considered flag-burning law — then abandoned it after internal pushback

A planned law that would’ve mandated the flying of the Ontario flag at all provincial buildings and banned the desecration of the Canadian flag has been scuttled by the Ford government, Global News has learned, after members of the Progressive Conservative caucus questioned the necessity of the bill. Multiple sources told Global News the proposal, spearheaded as part of a patriotism push by Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism Graham McG…