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Regardless of what the reasoning is behind the redesign of the flag – there are going to be those who love it, those who see no need for it, and those who don’t like. That being said, I do like the simplicity of it. After reading what everything means, it makes sense – clearly. Do I agree with those who posted saying that it does not depict Edmonton… to a degree. But our city is ever changing, and those are things (that are in the flag) are constant. The economy, our diversity, and everything else is changing. Essentially what I enjoy the most is the simplicity, the beautiful sky to represent the northern lights, our river, our grass and the beautiful sun we are blessed with for most of the year. Those are most definitely things that many Canadians cannot say they get to have but, living in Edmonton, we do.

I think this is a great design. It incorporates our beautiful sunny days, our beautiful parks and river valley and the purple sunsets we often see all year round. Good job. I would want to see this flag everywhere in Edmonton. Just like Chicago. Please change it and fly it.

I really like and appreciate the design considerations in this flag and using the crest from our current flag as inspiration. The prominent purple is striking and unique, the rest of the colours we can learn to identify with—just as we get used to new buildings and structures rising in our cityscape. I also value the incorporation of treaty 6 into the flag and am reminded of the flag created a few years back which depicted edmonton as the gateway to the north with fields of white surrounding a star. But the purple flag s pretty pretty great and I’d be proud to have any flag with considered and identifiable design.

Edmonton has the ugliest flag I’ve ever seen. I, for one, am happy that we’re changing it. It has the sun (big sky country) and the river. We don’t need the mace and wheat and a rotor with wings and all that crap. Finally getting rid of that embarrassment!

I like this proposed flag! I watched that TED really and thought the same thing

I was a bit worried when I saw this pop up on your twitter feed but clicked it to see what your thoughts were. I’m glad that I did because the design of Ryan McCourt’s flag really appeals to me. I love the meaning in it and think it brings our flag into a modern time. My vote is to definitely adapt the new design, I think it looks superb!

The current city flag is not inclusive. Go with Ryan’s.