Ottawa to declare federal holiday to mark legacy of residential school system
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That I don't agree with. A state holiday should not require funding. I don't even agree with state funding for Canada Day for that matter. Sure, make it a public holiday, but that's it.
I never got split from my parents nor had needles stuck through my tongue for speaking my language among other things. What school did you go to?
So what would be so wrong with increasing the number of state public holidays from which a shift worker can choose his personal public holidays? This would benefit both the shift worker (by allowing him a day off with his religious, linguistic, or other community) and the employer (by making it easier for him to schedule rotating shifts).
That's why i proposed 'in consultation with their employer.' Last I checked, an ambulance service or a 911 call centre cannot give all of their staff Canada Day off. The question becomes, do we just give the others any random day off and so prevent them from participating more fully in the events of their community or do we provide them with alternative days off?
I'm thinking shift workers here, not regular workers.
And if it's still not possible, there would still be nothing preventing the employer from just paying time and a half.
Mine too. But there is also a life outside of work. While family and friends are more important, community beyond family and close friends is beneficial too to the development of inclusion and integration. Having more state public holidays than personal public holidays at least increases the probability of a shift worker having a day off congruently with other members of a larger community so as to allow him to participate in that community. Especially in a society that has become increasingly individualistic and in which shift work is becoming ever more common.
Rather than a token holiday why not solve some crimes.
Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/5/12096898/missing-indigenous-women-canada
Why thousands of indigenous women have gone missing in Canada
“My sister’s murder will probably never be solved.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/25/indigenous-women-murders-violence-canada
Unsolved murders of indigenous women reflect Canada's history of silence
As spotlight returns to decades-long violence against native women and girls, calls for national inquiry have been rebuffed but groups refuse to give up
Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/5/12096898/missing-indigenous-women-canada
Why thousands of indigenous women have gone missing in Canada
“My sister’s murder will probably never be solved.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/25/indigenous-women-murders-violence-canada
Unsolved murders of indigenous women reflect Canada's history of silence
As spotlight returns to decades-long violence against native women and girls, calls for national inquiry have been rebuffed but groups refuse to give up
I was being partly tongue in cheek. I thought you'd get that. My point was that at least some police officers will have to work on a public holiday and some might appreciate an alternative public day off and not just a day that they get off while everyone else is working.
CPAC is broadcasting the MMWI. I tuned in over an hour ago and have yet to hear the current speaker once mention who in her family is missing or has been murdered. She has brought up residential schools, the sixties scoop, the TRC, the treaties and the need for much more federal money because the reserves aren't getting enough to get by.
Another woman is now speaking. She at least is on topic or was there for a bit, now she has veered off into enumerating all the recommendations of the TRC. Oh, oh she's getting all choked up now and is passing the mike to the former speaker who also is listing the rec's made by the TRC and is a demanding an apology for something that is totally unclear. Back to the latter speaker who is demanding that the government examine the entire history of the RCMP and all of its interactions with native women.
Time for a photo-op with a copies of several reports most of which were done years ago but are now being entered into the record.
Lunch time. The moderator is asking the speakers to meet with them during the break in order to answer questions regarding their statements which will not be broadcast to the public.
And on it goes.
residential schools, the sixties scoop, the TRC, the treaties and the need for much more federal money because the reserves aren't getting enough to get by.
Let's hope friends and relatives of the disappeared have better support than a radio forum. Sounds like she could use a 10 hour course on how to use a smart phone with unlimited data.
Run Indian Affairs through a 'cost saving' accounting firm and the average Indian would never be short of money.
The lakes that were fuked up by big biz are how capitalists run things, Putin is finishing up a 1,000 miles through virgin ground. Perhaps send some FN to inspect it and award them the contract rather than Standard Oil.
Let's hope friends and relatives of the disappeared have better support than a radio forum. Sounds like she could use a 10 hour course on how to use a smart phone with unlimited data.
Run Indian Affairs through a 'cost saving' accounting firm and the average Indian would never be short of money.
The lakes that were fuked up by big biz are how capitalists run things, Putin is finishing up a 1,000 miles through virgin ground. Perhaps send some FN to inspect it and award them the contract rather than Standard Oil.
Back watching the hearings again today. Off-topic again, as they are talking about relocation. Not a word about murdered or missing women. Not one word.