(Canadian Mountie - RCMP, by Arnold Friberg - 1948.) There is a great old poster from John A. Macdonald’s election campaign of 1891. It shows him on two sturdy fellows’ shoulders, carrying a great big Red Ensign. The slogan reads: The Old Flag, The Old Policy, The Old Leader. Canadians were being asked to look to the stability, strength, and unity they had enjoyed in the past, and to continue with the best traditions and values that had made them great. It was a stirring argument, and it won the day.