As I think we noted in our presentation, even though you may have it as a holiday, it does tend to morph into a statutory holiday, which means that people will get the time off and go away. People expect it. It's kind of a semantical argument, in that way.
We worked with the City of Ottawa here to talk about when the stores could open in Ottawa around the national Remembrance Day ceremony. We had many debates with the city, in particular the large Rideau Centre, because it's a tourism area and there are a lot of people downtown. We were successful in saying that you can't open until after the ceremony is done and the observances have been paid.
Things do tend to take on a life of their own. People interpret it differently, regardless of what the meaning of the words are from the Library of Parliament.