Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and I think every time we've said, “no”.

Canadian Heritage committee  I am the executive director at the national level, so I run our national headquarters on behalf of the elected officers. Within the organization, if you want to take an inverse military relationship, branches are on top, and they decide how our policy is going to happen down at the bottom, at my level, at the national level.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it does.

Canadian Heritage committee  We don't want any mention of the word—

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  A quick answer from me would be that any bill that says Remembrance Day is a special day of Canadians for remembrance is fine by me. Just don't make it a holiday or a statutory holiday.

Canadian Heritage committee  Recognizing to Canadians that it is a significant day in the life of the country, a day when we should commemorate the actions of the fallen and those who go to serve on our behalf.

Canadian Heritage committee  Some provinces do have it as a holiday, but for us it's not. We don't recognize it as a holiday.

Canadian Heritage committee  I couldn't give you that poll because I'm not...you know, they're a block on the floor. Some probably support it, and some probably don't. That's the nicety of a democratic organization, to be able to debate these issues.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think it's our wish to change provincial legislation at this stage of the game. I don't think it would be ever our wish to change that legislation. We just don't want to see this as a federal national holiday, and that's what it is, or a statutory holiday at the federal level.

Canadian Heritage committee  If I may, I would like to clarify that the appropriate word for us is “commémorer”.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have to give my impression from the policy that we have, and that would be no. We would not be inclined to accept that terminology, because we don't want it to be seen as a holiday. We want it to be seen as a special day when the country remembers.

Canadian Heritage committee  We don't want Remembrance Day labelled as a holiday.