No matter what the weather, he climbs to the top of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill to change the Canadian Flag.

The Peace Tower flag is 2.3 metres by 4.6 metres, while the smaller flags on the East and West Blocks are 1.35 metres by 2.7 metres. Parliament Hill flags are not changed on statutory holidays, or ...

Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack ... Canada's flag was officially hoisted at the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill on February 15, 1965.

By Ian Austen Reporting from Ottawa On a good day in February, Debbie Hartlen might sell one Canadian ... of new flag designs,” he said. But it was Lester B. Pearson, the Nobel Peace Prize ...