Conservative party leader Stephen Harper has offered to provide the Canadian flags to the Legion branches in Quebec, after the Bloc Quebecois refused.

John Hill, vice-president of Richmond's Royal Canadian Legion branch, said Thursday night he had received a call from Harper's office telling him the branch would be getting 10 flags in time for their ceremony. "I said I would be glad to accept them," Hill said, adding Harper was also going to send a letter of commendation to the branch.

Hill said the flag flap had gotten a lot of media attention after it was reported the area's Bloc Quebecois MP has refused to provide Canadian flags to veterans for Remembrance Day services.

Hill said Thursday he was told providing the flags would be in direct conflict with the Bloc's primary goal of Quebec sovereignty.

The emphasis is mine. I realize that the Bloc desperately want Quebec out of Canada, but until that time comes, they should have a little respect for the soldiers who liberated France. France, for chrissakes!

Of course, the French, as we know, don't seem to have respect for soldiers of any kind. Except maybe the Germans and the warriors for Allah.