At the end of May, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau ordered that Canadian flags on federal buildings be flown at half-mast. The directive was to keep the flags at half-mast on Canada Day and "until further notice," with no definite end date. WATCH: O'Toole says Canadian flags at government buildings should be raised againO'Toole says Canadian flags at government buildings should be raised again 1:20 Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says that while Canada should be committed to Indigenous reconciliation, flags at government buildings should now be raised from half-mast. Flags have been lowered since the discovery of unmarked graves near a residential school in Kamloops B.C. O'Toole also reiterated Thursday his opposition to some efforts to "cancel" Canada Day — as some municipalities did this summer to mark the Kamloops discovery.
Source: CBC News August 26, 2021 18:00 UTC