Canadian union upset over Scugog councilor lowering flag
{{date|August 31, 2006}}
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A [[w:Scugog, Ontario|Scugog Township]] councillor Lynn Philip Hodgson lowered the town hall flag to half mast following the death of an Edmonton-based medic, Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom, who was killed in a fiery suicide attack south of Kandahar.

It is part of a unionized municipal employee's contract to raise and lower the Canadian flag on township properties, a role supposedly written into [[w:Canadian Union of Public Employees|CUPE]] Local 1785-01's collective agreement with the municipality northeast of [[w:Whitby, Ontario|Whitby, Ontario]].

"I can't talk for the union, but I think on this one, maybe they could have passed," [[w:Royal Canadian Legion|Royal Canadian Legion]] branch 419 president Lucy Wilson said. 

The municipal office in [[w:Port Perry, Ontario|Port Perry, Ontario]] was closed and no union employees were on site.

"It only takes two minutes to lower a flag," said Hodgson.

His position as a town councillor is restricting him from commenting further until the union is dealt with.

==Related news==
*{{Wikinews|title=Full-mast flag generates controversy at Parliament Hill|date=April 28, 2006}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Bonokoski_Mark/2006/08/31/1788629.html
|title=Union stirs up flag fuss
|author=Mark Bonokoski
|pub=Toronto Sun
|date=August 31, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060831/flag_flap_060831/20060831?hub=TorontoHome
|title=Port Perry flag controversy comes to an end
|author=
|pub=CTV
|date=August 31, 2006}}

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A Scugog Township councillor Lynn Philip Hodgson lowered the town hall flag to half mast following the death of an Edmonton-based medic, Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom, who was killed in a fiery suicide attack south of Kandahar.

It is part of a unionized municipal employee's contract to raise and lower the Canadian flag on township properties, a role supposedly written into CUPE Local 1785-01's collective agreement with the municipality northeast of Whitby, Ontario.

"I can't talk for the union, but I think on this one, maybe they could have passed," Royal Canadian Legion branch 419 president Lucy Wilson said. 

The municipal office in Port Perry, Ontario was closed and no union employees were on site.

"It only takes two minutes to lower a flag," said Hodgson.

His position as a town councillor is restricting him from commenting further until the union is dealt with.

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