Books

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The Brockville Connection “Canada’s Flag”

ISBN 978-0-9936501-0-9 - © 2013

Robert J. Harper

The following is a comprehensive account of the historical facts surrounding the Birth of Canada’s Flag. What began as a search for identity in, a yet to be Sovereign Country in 1860, some “Canadians” believed that the Maple leaf was the one and only symbol which would provide instantaneous recognition around the world. Some 98 years after confederation, Canada’s Parliament finally completed the erroneous and sometimes very divisive task of providing our country with its very own National Flag.

The History According To The Facts

ISBN 978-0-9936501-2-3 - © 2021

Robert J. Harper

The foregoing account and detailed credits are a culmination of my work for the past 6 ½ years and fulfills my promise to John Ross Matheson. I have been humbled as well as proud to have worked this hard to bring this information together so all Canadians have the opportunity to know the names of the many loving hands who worked for nearly 100 years to bring the now most recognized symbol of Canada into being. This report is intended to provide historical information, recognition of people and organizations but most of all as the author of this report I am hoping that each and every person who reads it will have a new found self- awareness of your values as Canadians and a true sense of what it means to make and keep a promise to a friend.

Pearson’s Dream Matheson’s Promise Canada’s Flag

ISBN 978-0-9936501-1-6 - © 2015

Robert J. Harper

As a Canadian I am so very proud to have been able to write this factual account of “Who” and “How” our beloved Canadian Maple Leaf Flag was brought to fruition in 1964/65. I feel blessed to have known the honourable John Ross Matheson and able to tell the entire world he was my friend. I hope all Canadians will have the opportunity to read this account of the history of the most recognized symbol of Canada in the world and appreciate the work of the many caring hands who helped to bring a positive result to Pearson’s Dream and Matheson’s Promise.