Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think you can dictate what people will do with such a thing as Remembrance Day, but you can encourage them. I think it would be much more acceptable to all provinces if somehow in this act you could.... I understand that now you can't dictate to the provinces, but perhaps

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to point out that it is a bit confusing when it says “statutory holiday”, and they didn't explain to me in the first place that statutory holidays don't have any impact on the provinces. The question, as it was put to me about four days ago, is now becoming more confusin

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. It's unfortunate, in my mind, that the educational system in Canada today is so diluted, and in different provinces. Just to take a simple example there's the math problem: Quebec is successful; the rest of Canada, apart from Alberta, is not very good. The authority has to

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that, particularly in the towns, there's usually a church with a memorial outside or a cenotaph quite near to allow those who wish to go outside and stand by the cenotaph. Often it's involved in some Christian ceremony. Those who don't want to do that can stay in the offi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, sir. Bonjour. Good afternoon to you all. My interest in the armed forces goes back a long way and has given me a good deal of respect for November 11 and Remembrance Day. After 20 years in the British Army starting with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, I imm