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Opinion: enough with the flags on the backpacks, Canadians!

All over the world, right now, young Canadians are participating in a rite of passage: Travelling the globe, with their belongings on their backs. And they're hard to miss with the maple leaf sewn prominently on their packs. But Toronto travel writer Alex Besant says that when it comes to travelling abroad it's best to leave your displays of national pride at home

All over the world, right now, young Canadians are participating in a rite of passage: travelling the globe, with their belongings on their backs.

And they're hard to miss with the maple leaf sewn prominently on their packs.

But Toronto travel writer Alex Besant says that when it comes to travelling abroad it's best to leave your displays of national pride at home