‘The Trudeau Crown’ – New Canadian Royal Crown Design Replaces Christian Cross With Snowflake
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The Canadian Royal Crown sitting at the top of Canada’s Coat of Arms has received a 2023 update with traditional religious symbols like crosses & fleur-de-lis being removed in place of maple leaves and a snowflake.
Today, the Canadian Government unveiled a new heraldic Canadian Crown replacing the traditional St. Edward’s Crown used on Canada’s coat of arms, police & military badges.
— Canadian Crown 🇨🇦 (@Canadian_Crown) May 6, 2023
The design replaces religious symbols (crosses & fleur-de-lis) with maple leaves & a snowflake. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/lw04dC0zOZ
According to The National Post,
“The new crown, which is a heraldic emblem and not a material object, replaces the religious symbols with more explicitly Canadian symbolism, trading crosses and fleur-de-lis for maple leaves and a snowflake. The St. Edward’s Crown, which also decorates police and military badges and various emblems of sovereignty, has been part of the Arms of Canada since 1957.”
The newspaper also claimed critics of the new design have labeled it, “The Trudeau Crown.”
Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley claimed Trudeau’s government intends on updating Canadian passports with the new coat of arms as well, which he says is being done “to change Canada’s symbols towards Liberal Party imagery.”
The Trudeau government wants to use the coronation to change Canada’s coat of arms to drop long-standing symbols. They want to change the passport as well. All done to change Canada’s symbols towards Liberal Party imagery. https://t.co/Rp7lFBALYh
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) May 6, 2023
The irony of a snowflake being used in replacement of a cross was not lost on Twitter users.
“It’s official. A country of snowflakes,” one Twitter account wrote.
It’s official. A country of snowflakes.#cdnpoli https://t.co/OIk2VMqhcY
— Archon Zechariyahu (@zacharyrjstrong) May 7, 2023
Several individuals declared the removal of the religious symbols a war on Canadian identity and Christianity.
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