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If the Federal Government wants to cease all non-essential services on that day, by all means, but don't impose it onto the private sector: we have enough statutory holidays, thank you very much.
There's a reason veterans oppose making Remembrance Day a statutory holiday: they want to keep it a solemn day of remembrance and not make it an excuse to have drunken parties. Perhaps we should bear that in mind when considering whether to make this new day a nationwide statutory holiday. I could agree to all levels of government ceasing all non-essential services on that day though, but leave the private sector out of this.
If the Federal Government wants to cease all non-essential services on that day, by all means, but don't impose it onto the private sector: we have enough statutory holidays, thank you very much.
There's a reason veterans oppose making Remembrance Day a statutory holiday: they want to keep it a solemn day of remembrance and not make it an excuse to have drunken parties. Perhaps we should bear that in mind when considering whether to make this new day a nationwide statutory holiday. I could agree to all levels of government ceasing all non-essential services on that day though, but leave the private sector out of this.