A resurfaced CBC Kids video about the Remembrance Day poppy has been taken down after sparking online outrage among Canadians.
The 2021 video, which CBC Kids kept up on its YouTube channel for five years until Tuesday, explains why Canadians wear poppies on Remembrance Day, along with the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual poppy drive to support veterans and their families.
Here is a CBC Kids broadcast segment originally published in 2021, promoting different coloured poppies during Remembrance Day because “some feel that the red poppy focuses too much on soldiers and can be perceived as glorifying war.”
The segment highlights the white poppy for civilians, a black poppy for African, Caribbean and Pacific Island communities, a purple poppy for animals and a rainbow poppy for “contributions the LGBTQ community has made to war efforts.”
— Harrison Faulkner (@Harry__Faulkner) November 9, 2026
