Canada's Coat of Arms sure needs an overhaul

Emblazoning our passports, decorating our schools and government buildings, the Canadian Coat of Arms provides a regal je ne sais quoi to the loftiest of federal documents and institutions. It even features prominently in our prime minister’s Twitter postings.
Both archaic and gorgeous, it is a symbol in need of re-imagining.
Its current version, introduced in the early 1920s, was intended to portray Canada as a distinct nation, even as its designers employed the most imperial of symbols t