Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses who are here today.
Mr. Chair, I am trying to understand what we are arguing here. For the record, and for the information of witnesses, there are only five statutory holidays that are celebrated by all provinces in Canada.
We are a federation. Therefore, provinces have the power to adopt a national or federal holiday or not. These five holidays are New Year's Day, Good Friday, Canada Day—with the exception of Newfoundland and Labrador, which calls it Memorial Day—Labour Day, and Christmas Day. The others are observed in some provinces but not in others. Therefore, they are not statutory holidays in all the provinces.
November 11 is already a statutory holiday in seven provinces and three territories. The only exceptions are Ontario, Quebec and, if I have the right information, Nova Scotia.