Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is moving to end raising national flags outside city hall as a community group is set to raise the Palestinian flag there for the first time this weekend.

Farkas announced Thursday on social media that he intends to introduce an urgent motion next week that aims to amend the city’s flag policy so that “national flags will no longer be raised at city hall.”

He noted the change would “apply equally to all countries,” if approved by city council.

“Over the past several days, Calgarians from many communities have reached out with serious concerns about how national flag-raisings, of any country, can unintentionally heighten tensions here at home,” Farkas said in a statement.

“These events, even when well-intentioned, increasingly risk becoming flashpoints for co

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