I think it's semantics. It's clear. I've read what has been provided. The definition of “legal” is not obscure. It's not unrealistic. It is what it is. What's happening here is fearmongering. We're scared our kids are not going to come, that they are going to go to the mall. We're scared. This is about parents. Laurie Hawn brought it up right.
I have taken my children out of school at Remembrance Day to bring them down to the cenotaph, because that's where the spirit exists. That's where our men and women are assembling. I find it almost disrespectful that we're expecting veterans now to go to the school instead of going to the cenotaph to remember the fallen, their brothers and sisters who have died, who have sacrificed. As a parent, as a Canadian, I think we should have the right.
I'm not talking about “statutory”. I wish it were statutory across the nation, frankly, but that's not my decision. What we're talking about here is simple respect—respect by 308 parliamentarians to even it up, to make sure that Remembrance Day is no lesser a holiday. I would encourage you; there's an opportunity here particularly at your level.