I think the last bill should have passed. It died on the Order Paper. For one reason or another it didn't get done. It was at third reading just before the election.
I've looked into some of the bills previous to that, some of them backdating quite a long time ago. The wording was quite different in them, so I'm sure there were substantive reasons why they didn't get passed.
I think if people understand what this bill is trying to accomplish, they'll recognize that it's a bill that Parliament should easily pass, in that it does add consistency to the language in the Holidays Act and affirms Parliament's recognition of Remembrance Day as one of the most important days, if not the most important, in our calendar. I can't answer all of the questions in terms of the history, but I know that it's the right thing to do now.