 Complete the following phrase:  It was not until 1965 that the Government of New Brunswick resolved to introduce an unprecedented distinctive provincial flag. This was done shortly after the Canadian Red Ensign, which had been used unofficially as the national flag, was replaced on February 15, 1965, by a new design featuring a maple leaf. There were still parts of Canada where imperialist nostalgia was strong, and ruing the demise of the Red Ensign, they sought to have it modified as a provincial flag. This is what occurred in Ontario 1965 and Manitoba 1966. In New Brunswick, the parliamentary opposition party  the Progressive Conservatives at that time  had plans to table a motion approving the Red Ensign as the new provincial flag. This would have had particularly detrimental ramifications given the provinces history of French and British settlement. Although the British had 