A major Canadian flag maker’s sales have doubled from a year ago as tensions mount with U.S. — ‘The more Trump talks, the more flags we sell’

A person in a red and white cowboy hat, a Canada t-shirt holding a Canadian flag. (Credit: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto—Getty Images)

• Canadian flag maker Flags Unlimited has doubled its sales in the past six weeks compared to the year before. Co-owner Matt Skipp said the demand boost is a result of a rise in Canadian patriotism in the wake of mounting tensions with the U.S. 

The blustery winter months are usually the slowest of the year for Flags Unlimited, which claims to be Canada’s largest flag producer. In the past six weeks, however, sales are double what they were a year ago.