(Jim Webb of The Anglo Society of New Brunswick)
(Photo by Tamara Steele)
Common Council has effectively said...no. Last night, Mayor and Council received and filed a request from the Province's Anglo society to fly its flag September 18th outside City Hall.
A similar request in Bathurst sparked controversy when the town's initially said yes and then rescinded its earlier approval.
Jim Webb of the Anglo Society says many people are upset about this and there could be a protest held in Saint John as well as Bathurst and Fredericton. Webb claims the Province's Official Languages Commissioner calls his group rednecks and bigots.
Webb is also making the claim that the British Ambassador in Washington has heard about the controversy and questions why an English flag can't be flown in the province.
