Poppies are pinned on a row of military personnel during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Chilliwack, B.C.The Globe and Mail

The red plastic poppy, and its vexing straight pin, are a fixture on Canadian lapels this time of year, a small gesture of support for this country’s veterans and more importantly, for what they fought to protect.

That gesture, small as it is, is too much for some courts in Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. In Saskatchewan, Crown prosecutor Lana Morelli was told last week that she was not allowed to wear a poppy on her robes. Doing so would violate the “gowning protocol” for legal counsel, which prohibits “additional adornment” for lawyers. Understandably, Ms. Morelli was unhappy she was unable to show her respect for the wartime service of her grandparents.

In Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston posted a scathing note Thursday on social media criticizing “an order issued prohibiting individuals working in certain court facilities from wearing poppies while on duty in those locations. This order was issued under the........

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