Elections Canada will be hoisting the Progress Pride flag at the National Capital Region Headquarters for the first time to mark Public Service Pride Week. .“We’re proud to support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in all that we do,” tweeted Elections Canada on Tuesday. .It attached a photo of the Progress Pride flag hanging on a flagpole and flapping in the wind. .Canadian Constitution Foundation counsel Josh Dehaas called this “totally inappropriate.” .“The ‘progress’ flag symbolizes ideas about race and gender that are highly contested and associated primarily with certain political parties,” said Dehaas. .“How are we supposed to trust Elections Canada if it’s taking sides in major political debates?”.Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (CAWSBAR) mocked Elections Canada for saying it is an independent, non-partisan agency. .“The progress flag is a partisan flag which promotes views not shared by all voters, specifically those who don't ascribe to gender ideology,” said CAWSBAR. .“Elections Canada is, therefore, violating its mandate.”.The Alberta NDP flaunted rules about Crown buildings by flying a Pride flag from the Federal Building in 2022, but the government passed the buck about which department is responsible for removing it..READ MORE: NDP pride flag on Federal Building breaches rules, but gov passes puck on removal.The flag is hung from the Alberta NDP’s offices on the fifth floor of the Federal Building and drapes past the third and fourth floors, covering windows on them. .The Legislative Assembly Office monitors floors two to six in the building, but it said this responsibility falls to former Alberta infrastructure minister Prasad Panda.
Elections Canada will be hoisting the Progress Pride flag at the National Capital Region Headquarters for the first time to mark Public Service Pride Week. .“We’re proud to support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in all that we do,” tweeted Elections Canada on Tuesday. .It attached a photo of the Progress Pride flag hanging on a flagpole and flapping in the wind. .Canadian Constitution Foundation counsel Josh Dehaas called this “totally inappropriate.” .“The ‘progress’ flag symbolizes ideas about race and gender that are highly contested and associated primarily with certain political parties,” said Dehaas. .“How are we supposed to trust Elections Canada if it’s taking sides in major political debates?”.Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (CAWSBAR) mocked Elections Canada for saying it is an independent, non-partisan agency. .“The progress flag is a partisan flag which promotes views not shared by all voters, specifically those who don't ascribe to gender ideology,” said CAWSBAR. .“Elections Canada is, therefore, violating its mandate.”.The Alberta NDP flaunted rules about Crown buildings by flying a Pride flag from the Federal Building in 2022, but the government passed the buck about which department is responsible for removing it..READ MORE: NDP pride flag on Federal Building breaches rules, but gov passes puck on removal.The flag is hung from the Alberta NDP’s offices on the fifth floor of the Federal Building and drapes past the third and fourth floors, covering windows on them. .The Legislative Assembly Office monitors floors two to six in the building, but it said this responsibility falls to former Alberta infrastructure minister Prasad Panda.
