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Title: Nov. 11 should be a statutory holiday: Ottawa MPP
Category: Business
Posted By: Curtman
Date: 2010-11-04 19:47:20
Canadian

[Curtman]

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MacLeod's proposal would see the Remembrance Day statutory holiday replace February's Family Day.

In Manitoba we call that Louis Riel day, and Rembrance Day isn't a stat here either.

[Freakinoldguy]

Curtman Curtman:

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MacLeod's proposal would see the Remembrance Day statutory holiday replace February's Family Day.

In Manitoba we call that Louis Riel day, and Rembrance Day isn't a stat here either.

I hate to rain on your parade but Remembrance Day is, a stat holiday in Manitoba.

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November 11 Remembrance Day jour du souvenir Statutory holiday everywhere except Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Commemoration of Canada's war dead. Anniversary of the armistice ending World War I in 1918.

For futher information on holidays in Canada:

http://www.publicholidays.ca/

[ShepherdsDog]

Well he's right, Rembrance day isn't a holiday...it doesn't exist. however that being said this is the way it works.

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The statutory holidays in Manitoba are New Year's Day, Louie Riel Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Remembrance Day is not a General Holiday under Manitoba labour legislation, but requires compulsory closing of all businesses, with some specified exceptions.

http://www.workrights.ca/content.php?doc=10

It's an unpaid day off for most folks.

[wildrosegirl]

I'm gettin' double time for it.

As I damned well should if I have to miss out on the ceremony.

[Yogi]

November 11 is the only day of the year which I refuse to work! I actually observe the current, as well as the past sacrifices made by others to keep my sorry ass safe and sound!

[KorbenDeck]

its a stat in BC

[martin14]

wildrosegirl wildrosegirl:

I'm gettin' double time for it.

As I damned well should if I have to miss out on the ceremony.

sorry to hear that, double time aint enough.

Dont forget the mandatory 'bathroom break' around 11am !

[DrCaleb]

Yogi Yogi:

November 11 is the only day of the year which I refuse to work! I actually observe the current, as well as the past sacrificces made by others to keep my sorry ass safe and sound!

+1. Any company I work for knows that I will never work that day. (I've never heard of a company remaining open on Nov 11th in Alberta, outside of the service industry).

And since I spend the day at the Legion with my Comrades, November 12th is usually a write off too.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Even though it wasn't a stat holiday when I owned my business, everyone got it off with pay.

[CommanderSock]

Nov 11 Seems to have become watered down to suit PC society more in this day and age (which isn't a bad thing).

My curriculum in the UK always emphasized that Remembrance Day is us paying tributes to the soldiers and civilians that were killed due to the German Empire's aggression.

Now it's become more broad term to commemorate all war sacrifices, which is ok. I guess North America has so many Germans, that honoring Remembrance Day for what it actually is seems a bit provocative.

I won't complain for another paid vacation day though. Although a cultural clarification of the holiday in Canada would be welcome.

[Curtman]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Curtman Curtman:

In Manitoba we call that Louis Riel day, and Rembrance Day isn't a stat here either.

I hate to rain on your parade but Remembrance Day is, a stat holiday in Manitoba.

I hate to rain on your parade, and Shep already did anyway so I won't bother.. I thought it was interesting that there is a stat holiday here in remembrance of Louis Riel, but not for Nov 11. Last time we discussed him around here, there was a bunch of people calling him a traitor.

I guess nobody is upset by that.

[BartSimpson]

Yogi Yogi:

November 11 is the only day of the year which I refuse to work! I actually observe the current, as well as the past sacrificces made by others to keep my sorry ass safe and sound!

I owe you a round.

[Freakinoldguy]

Curtman Curtman:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Curtman Curtman:

In Manitoba we call that Louis Riel day, and Rembrance Day isn't a stat here either.

I hate to rain on your parade but Remembrance Day is, a stat holiday in Manitoba.

I hate to rain on your parade, and Shep already did anyway so I won't bother.. I thought it was interesting that there is a stat holiday here in remembrance of Louis Riel, but not for Nov 11. Last time we discussed him around here, there was a bunch of people calling him a traitor.

I guess nobody is upset by that.

I stand corrected and the website I found stating this is quite obviously wrong.

But. as an aside, I'd like to complement you on your attempt to equate Louis Real to Remembrance Day.

[Lemmy]

Remembrance Day used to be a statutory holiday in Ontario. It was changed because kids weren't in school and most would just hang out. Very few attended any sort of Remembrance Day ceremony. By putting the kids back in school on November 11, they get an opportunity to be part of Remembrance Day ceremonies, meet veterans and learn something about our nation and its history. Frankly, that sort of apathy was common among adults as well. It was treated by most like any other day off work. I think Remembrance Day is better celebrated in Ontario now that it is not a statutory holiday. More people particpate in the day's events and while the kids may be a captive audience, that's better than letting them skateboard the day away.

And Riel was a lunatic shit-disturber who was rightfully hanged. Reverence for Riel is a shared failure; equal parts revisionist history and outright ignorance.