[Maritime Q-Scout]

As backwards as we can be here in Nova Scotia, Remembrance Day is one thing we get right.

Today is the only day of the year that stores are legislated to be closed. Offices are closed. If you want to be open all day Christmas Day you can be, if you want to be open at 6am on New Years Day you can be. But not today.

This is the "holiday" (I use the term loosely, as it's not happy and celebratory) that should come before all others.

I can't comprehend that you can take another day in leiu. To me that defeats the purpose.

Today is a day to focus on those that sacrificed their lives for something bigger than all of us. To me you just can't say "yeah, whatever you can have December 27th off instead". To me it should be non-negotiable. A solider doesn't get to say "you know what Sargent, I'm gonna go on this mission next month, today is inconvenient for me".

That's my two cents. But I was extremely close with my grandparents who served, and I don't have what it takes to serve, so my respect for those that do is immense.