It's a fair question. What I would say is that it's up to each province or each jurisdiction, each province and territory, to determine for itself what days are statutory holidays and how they mark the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day. That's up to them and their elected officials. In no way am I trying to encroach on that. If this has some impact on causing people to think about asking questions about how we can increase attendance at Remembrance Day ceremonies, I'd be okay with that, but that would be totally incidental to this bill and what it aims to achieve.
On February 21st, 2017. See this statement in context.