Why aren’t you wearing a poppy? We asked Ottawa
With Remembrance Day days away, Rebel News asked people in Ottawa whether every Canadian should wear a poppy.
Drew Sylver put the question to everyone from an American veteran who honours Canadians to immigrants who were never taught what the poppy means.
More than 118,000 Canadians have died in service to this country, yet a Leger poll last year found 55 per cent planned to wear a poppy, down from 58 per cent the year before.
The poppy comes from “In Flanders Fields,” written by Canadian army doctor Lt.-Col. John McCrae in May 1915. The Legion’s predecessor, the Great War Veterans’ Association, adopted it in 1921, according to the Royal Canadian Legion.
Drew Sylver
Drew Sylver is a Concordia University student who isn't afraid to say what everyone else is thinking. From the student union to social media, he defends the Judeo-Christian values that built Western civilization and exposes campus radicalism from the inside. A recipient of the Student Journalism Award from the Democracy Fund and the Independent Press Gallery, Drew is here to bring you the truth, whether you like it or not.
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