Jan Vermaat
Ltd., a company that designed clothing and flags. In that period the flag of Canada had to be adjusted a bit by the government, because the old flag of Canada was related to the British flag. The company he worked for got the contract to carry it out. In the official design Vermaat ajusted the Maple Leaf a bit. He made the straight stem a bit wider near the bottom. He did it because he "liked it better". He never heard anything back about his adjustment, but it was adopted in the official Canadian flag.