Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
As the chair mentioned, I wanted to provide a little additional information or clarification on one of the questions that came up in our discussion three weeks ago related to Remembrance Day as a statutory holiday.
One thing I'm not sure I was completely clear on at the time is that November 11 is a statutory holiday within the federal jurisdiction. It was declared so in the Holidays Act, and I have a copy I could leave with the clerk if you'd like. So for the federal government and for federally regulated industries, it is a statutory holiday now. And in seven of the 10 provinces and in the three territories it is also a statutory holiday in Ontario and Quebec it is not a statutory holiday; and that leaves Nova Scotia, which is a little bit different. It prohibits certain commercial activities, but November 11 is not a statutory holiday there.
I hope that makes the status of November 11 a little clearer.
I'll leave the questions on that for later, Mr. Chair?