I am just trying to understand how renaming Remembrance Day to a legal holiday would change anything. It is already a statutory holiday in seven provinces and three territories. Therefore, I don't know what we are trying to achieve here and how we are going to achieve it.
I love Remembrance Day. In Ontario, it is not a statutory holiday. It actually is a statutory holiday for federal employees. Therefore, it is elevated already. Federal employees have a day off.
I love going to schools. I wish more schools would take an active part in doing something on that day. Some schools do and some don't. I love going to schools. Usually there is a veteran there and students have a chance to meet and hear the history.
I would like to hear your opinions because I don't understand. What will this change? After what I heard, and after reading the part of the bill about trying to make it a legal holiday, I don't know. Can someone tell me or define what that legal holiday would be? How would it be different from what we have now? Would other provinces jump in and declare a legal holiday? I am confused, to be honest. I am looking for some answers.