Yes, I agree that putting it up in the status with Canada Day and Victoria Day will help. Maybe it will wake up some of the provinces and they'll come on board. I think it's very important that we have it, and then it will be there forever. It won't be taken away.
This is the time to do it, as everybody is making celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Canada. Wouldn't this be a great way to honour our veterans once and for all for the sacrifice? When we think of what they did for us.... We live in a democracy, free, and we can do whatever we want, and it's because of the veterans.
It's just a pity that it was ever taken away. We need to have the federal government step up to the plate and set an example. As I say, I have written to every prime minister and every premier in this great Canada of ours. I didn't want to get into the provinces, but when the Association of Municipalities of Ontario brought it, Prime Minister Chrétien said, “Forget it.” He said, “We can't tell the provinces what to do.”
You're not going to tell the provinces what to do. The provinces, I know, can do it. This is not the time to talk about the provinces. Today is to get this here, and then we'll work on improving it.