Alberta Town Bans Non-Governmental Flags From Public Property to Avoid ‘Ideological Debates’

Alberta Town Bans Non-Governmental Flags From Public Property to Avoid ‘Ideological Debates’
People walk past a Pride flag crosswalk in Calgary on Aug. 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley
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An Alberta town has voted to ban decorative flags and crosswalks from town-owned property in an effort to keep municipal infrastructure “free from symbols associated with ideological debates.”

The Town of Didsbury, roughly an hour north of Calgary, passed the public spaces neutrality bylaw at a town council meeting on March 24.