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346 Journey to Freedom Day 2018 - Ottawa

Ngo, T.H. (2018). Flag Raising Ceremony on Parliament Hill. Available at: this link (Accessed 2019-04-12).

Subjects (Group/Subheading): Canadian Politics (current)/Government negationism - JFD

One liner: ARVN raises the flag on parliament hill

Keywords: Event: Journey to Freedom Day, Organization: ARVN, Person: Senator Ngo

Date Published: 2018-04-30   Acquired: 2019-04-12

Source (Type/Source/Notes): Web resource / Senator Ngo Events [Canadian] /

Collection: 192 Senator Ngo's Events Web Site

Trust: - - -

Author: Senator Ngo

Notes:

Journey to Freedom day is a partisan statement about the Vietnam war wherein Canada formally recognizes the Saigon regime as a legitimate government through a military flag raising ceremony. Government is dividing Canada's Vietnamese refugees along partisan lines from the war: those who identify with the Saigon regime and those who do not. See quotations for the Senator's description of the event.

The ceremony, held at the Parliament Buildings, included a flag raising, political speakers, Senate medal awards, a proclamation from the City of Ottawa as well as a trip to the National War Memorial for a military memorial.

Political attendees identified by the Senator include Hon. Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Official Opposition, Ms. Anne Thu Quach, MP for Salaberry-Suroît and honorable senators, Mr. Marc Gold and Mrs. Mobina Jaffer. Photographs posted by Senator Ngo show 3 other Conservative M.P.s with Mr. Scheer.

Note that all of the 2018 JFD events were called "Flag Raising Ceremonies" on the main banners. The event is no longer purports to be about refugees, but is about recognizing the national flag of the RVN.

In this ceremony, which did not include the military men, they got the flag protocol right. That strongly suggest that those military men are coming from the US, because they are using US flag protocols.

The additional links contain a link to a YouTube video.

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Additional Links:

Video combining several 2017 and 2017 events

Photographs:

Flag raising ceremony, aka Journey to Freedom Day 2018

Sheer and his parliamentary colleagues

Six Ontario and Quebec communities represented

JFD 2018 Ottawa, the certificate from City of Ottawa

JFD Ottawa 2018, the certificate from Canada's parliament

Flag raising ceremony, aka Journey to Freedom Day 2018

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Attendees:

James Bezan (C)

Guy Caron (NDP)

Marc Gold (C)

Mobina Jaffer (C)

Peter Kent (C)

Jenny Kwan (NDP)

Thanh Hai Ngo (C)

Erin O'Toole (C)

Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP)

Andrew Scheer (C)

Judy A. Sgro (L)

Jati Sidhu (L)

Alice Wong (C)

Item last updated: 2020-09-29