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Originally Posted by North East Goon
One of my biggest pet peeves is how Rememberance Day is not a stat holiday - show some damn respect gov't of Canada or more specifically the financial markets of N.America!!!
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Personally after some thought and reflection last year I like how Nova Scotia handles Remembrance Day.
It is the only day of the year retail stores are not permitted to be open. Recent legislation states that stores may set their own hours, and can be open any day of the week (with special conditions placed on Sundays). However due to Remembrance Day having its own legislation, despite the newer legislation stores and businesses are not permitted to be open.
If you want to be open on Chirstmas or Easter feel free. Want to be open on Labour Day be my guest. But you're not allowed to be on November 11. Period. Not after 11:00am, not after 11:11am, not after 11:30am, not after noon, not at all.
Now you'd think that would make it a paid holiday. It is not. If you are a retail employee you are not paid for Remembrance Day. If your employer chooses to pay you that's his/her/the company's choice, but there is no obligation under Nova Scotian law.
Again I like this. Reason being, for the lives and sacrifices given by those who fought for our great nation, the least we can do is not only give them a day of remembrance and respect. We can forego our wages and incentives on this one day as well. A small finanical sacrifice is not too much to ask I don't think. While I doubt that is the intention behind the holiday not being a paid one, I kind of like to think of it in that way.