Montreal's new flag includes representation of Indigenous peoples

Montreal is posing two gestures in a bid to reconcile with Indigenous peoples.
The city has added a symbol representing First Nations — a white pine — to its flag and coat of arms, and Mayor Denis Coderre has vowed to rename a street that commemorates an 18th-century British general who advocated the use of small-pox-infected blankets as a weapon during an indigenous rebellion in 1763.
The announcements were made on Wednesday, on the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration