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The argument dragged on for six months, generated more than 270 windy speeches, produced the longest continuous session of Parliament in Canadian history, and all but divided a nation. Last week the debate over a national flag for Canada finally ended. By a vote of 163 to 78 in the House of Com mons, and 38 to 23 in the Senate, Canada's Parliament approved what Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson calls a flag for all Canadians. All that remained was for Queen Elizabeth to proclaim the new flag as the official emblem of Canada. Then down will come the...
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