I'm just curious....why don't ontario and quebec celebrate remembrance day by making it a Statutory holiday? I've talked to people from all over canada, and no one seems to have a solid answer.

Anyone know?

they do, it's a national holiday...

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/index_e.cfm

I dont see much done in Alberta either..


I'm forced to work it every year.... same with every other holiday for that matter other then christmas...


no one cares anymore about any holidays.. be it rememberance day.. easter.. or whatever.. family/country comes last in just about every company these days....

Locally it seemed that any 'office' job had it off today. Retail was mostly open, things like tire shops were closed but oil change places were open.

How does having the day off increase the importance of the day?

Why would anyone celebrate a day like this? If you mean why don't Ontario and Quebec have the day off, thats another story.

I listened to a discussion on the radio about this. Pretty much the general answer that they had was many veterans requested it not be a stat holiday because it would get forgotten. This way when people goto school/work most give 2 hours of silence to remember. If not most people would sleep away the day or just treat it as another day off and not know any better.

[ November 12, 2005, 07:12 AM: Message edited by: ChrisB ]

Ontario does celebrate it there are business that were closed today including the post office.

i think its in poor taste myself.

I was told that Quebec was against the war, when is was going on. They only went to war because the government said you had to sent troops. This answer came from the head office, located in Quebec.

Everything government was closed on Friday

It's not a national holiday.

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