Alberta’s students have been back in class for three weeks, and, for now, the flags in schools remain hanging. However, this reprieve is only temporary. Bill 25 — An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms — passed in the spring, and once the flag rules take effect in January, schools will only be allowed to display two flags: Canada’s and Alberta’s. Anything else will require the education minister’s permission.

Plenty of critics have already taken this law apart. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association described it as censorship disguised as neutrality. At the same time, teachers have argued they already practice neutrality in the classroom, and the bill’s vague language ultimately hampers honest discussion.

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I share those concerns. But the flag ban deserves its own attention because it points to something more foundational to Canadian national identity, particularly........

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