Calgary’s mayor says he will move to amend the city’s current national flag policy after concerns were raised over the raising of the Palestinian flag at City Hall.
Mayor Jeromy Farkas said he will be making an “urgent” motion to change the current policy, which allows for flags of countries recognized by the Government of Canada to be raised on their national days. Farkas said the amendment will prohibit the flags of other countries from being raised at City Hall.
Farkas made the statement in a Nov. 13 post on social media, adding that the city has raised the Israeli flag on May 14 for years. He noted that with the federal government officially recognizing the Palestinian state, the previous council approved a flag-raising event for the Palestinian flag at City Hall, originally set for Nov. 30 and later moved to Nov. 15….