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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Thanks.....I didn't realize that....  The fact that it is a holiday has nothing to do with it.....I am not even going to comment on the rest of your post because of this statement....wow |
The fact that it is a
national holiday has a lot to do with it! Let's go back to what you said:
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
By your argument, why even have Rememberance day???? Lets just send the money to the military families because that would help them more.
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Remembrance Day is a day that the Federal government selected to remember all Canadians who died in a war that the nation supported. Therefore, they can do things that can be associated with supporting the war as they had a mandate to. The City of Calgary on the other hand has no such mandate, but they can support the members of the troops. In this case, doing so through financial support is the best method.