Nathan Smith, thank you.
They were in Ottawa three or four years ago. They raised $85,000 to bring their group to Ottawa to do an event at the memorial. They are a lovely group of people, dedicated parents and volunteers, who organize it. One of their mission statements is to have November 11 recognized as a national holiday.
I had a discussion with the then president of Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command, and their position at the time--I will paraphrase, and I hope I don't misrepresent it--was that they opposed statutory holiday status for November 11. They wished it to be recognized on a voluntary basis, that people would close their businesses or shops until noon or one o'clock and then resume their life's work if they so chose. I know that in Nova Scotia all the public institutions close down for the day, all the schools, most of the businesses. People do it voluntarily, and it had a lot of meaning for the Legion's organizations because it was voluntary and they would have preferred it that way.
Is there a position of the national Legion organization on the matter of statutory holiday status for November 11?