Following Ottawa’s unveiling of a new Canadian passport design on May 10, the Royal Canadian Legion said they are “disappointed” by the decision to remove an image of the Vimy Ridge Memorial that “signifies the sacrifices made for the very sort of freedom the passport provides.” 
“The Vimy Memorial was a fundamental image, also representing a defining moment for Canada, a country emerging as an independent nation with limitless potential,” said Nujma Bond, spokesperson for the Royal Canadian Legion, in a May 10 email.
“Removing that image in the context of a design change and without knowing the rationale was, to put it bluntly, a poor decision.” …