Desjardins apologizes for Canadian flag
Desjardins has apologized for displaying a Canadian flag on a poster informing customers about the May 20 holiday.
Oh the shame.
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Blork 18:11 on 2024-05-21 Permalink
Well, to be fair, it not only showed the Canadian flag, it showed a person literally wrapped in the Canadian flag. Given that it was specific to the “journée nationale des patriotes” (as they called it), it was extremely tone-deaf.
Yeah yeah I know that the “patriotes” were a mix of people, including Scots and Irish, and that it was about breaking from the crown in terms of representation, etc. and wasn’t about “separating from Canada” because Canada didn’t even exist then, but Les Patriotes are symbolic of Quebec self determination, so yeah. GONG!
Kate 19:24 on 2024-05-21 Permalink
For that matter, the Canadian flag we know dates from 1966.
Want to bet the image was created by AI after someone specified “a Canadian patriot” or words to that effect?
dhomas 03:21 on 2024-05-22 Permalink
The quote at the end by Guy Nantel made me laugh. He’s considering closing his 50 year old Desjardins accounts over this. The fact that Desjardins compromised the identity and financial data of every single one of their customers between 2017 and 2019 didn’t make him close his account. But this will.
Blork 08:27 on 2024-05-22 Permalink
Yeah, right. I guarantee he is not considering closing his account. He just says so to get the headline.
BTW, I’m already seeing fake ones saying Desjardins will be closed on Canada Day, showing the same photo but with the flag switched to a Quebec flag.
Ephraim 09:17 on 2024-05-22 Permalink
Irony… the mix of the Canadian flag and Desjardins’ colour is actually the three colours of the Patriot’s flag