Why those flags?

The public funerals for the victims of the recent hate attacks in Quebec City had one outrageous and gaping oxymoron:  the flags draped over the coffins of these "Canadians" were not Canadian.  The coffins were draped with the flags of the countries from which these people had fled. 

With the Prime Minister, the Premier of Quebec and the Mayor of Quebec City all weeping and standing in reverence, the coffins upon which they gazed sported Middle Eastern flags.  Complete BS.

The Imam who spoke talked about the 17 orphans and six widows left behind.  I thought about the 5,000 or so left to mourn the victims of 911.  I know many readers will take offense, but I deal in logic -- a scarce commodity.

"I have been in this country for 42 years," said the Imam on television today, "and I feel completely Canadian."  Really?  The guy looked, was dressed and spoke as if he had just landed at Dorval five minutes ago.  He was no more "Canadian" than an Imam in Liberia....or wherever.  And this was the guy who had obviously approved the offensive flags. 

Were these victims American, the President would not be standing reverently over foreign flags.  He would be looking at the Stars and Stripes or he wouldn't be there at all.  

"Canadian values" have morphed into any-values-anytime-anywhere -- depending upon who we are trying to placate and to whom we are apologizing at any given moment. 

Please.