I think there might be some editorializing in this news report from CBC Saturday Report, but maybe it’s so subtle I can’t quite put my finger on it…

JACQUIE PERRIN (HOST) :
Two days ago all they wanted was one simple Canadian flag. Today a group of Quebec veterans is being inundated with them. The story began when a Bloc Quebecois MP turned down the local legion’s request for a new flag. Since then a parade of federalist politicians has been denouncing the snub. As Carolyn Dunn reports, at least one has taken advantage of the situation to carve out inroads in the province.

CAROLYN DUNN (REPORTER) :
When political opportunity in Quebec knocked, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was waiting at the door. A sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois MP refused to give war veterans Canadian flags for Remembrance Day. Stephen Harper was only too happy to deliver…

Oh wait, that’s not subtle, that’s blatant. Can we get our 10-billion dollars back, please? Thanks goodness in a story about the Bloc Quebecois and the Canadian flag, there’s no obvious way for the CBC to bring up social conservatism. Uh, oh…

CAROLYN DUNN (REPORTER) :
Harper’s Conservatives fared very poorly in this province in the last election. Stephen Harper’s hill to climb, says this analyst, is an ideological mountain.

ANTONIA MAIONI (DIRECTOR, McGILL INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CANADA) :
Clearly Stephen Harper’s party is not Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative Party. It is clear on social issues, for example, Quebecers may not be ready for the conservative brand coming out of Alberta, the social conservatism we see associated with the Conservative Party.