The results are in and most Blogging Tories think that Remembrance Day should be a statutory holiday. One quick correction I should have realized that Ontario is in the minority when it comes to not recognizing remembrance Day as a holiday. That was my mistake in formulating the question. Here are the official results.
It is heartening to see someone finally tackled the tale of telling our contribution at D-Day .
From Toronto Star
The film crew was recreating the chaotic landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944 for the 90-minute docudrama Storming Juno, and director and executive producer Tim Wolochatiuk says one of the men approached the crew in tears.
He had been among the estimated 16,000 Canadian soldiers who landed at Juno Beach on D-Day, and the scene brought forth a flood of memories.
“He said it was exactly like this and he said it just threw him right back to 1944,” recalls Wolochatiuk.
“He was thrown back and got quite emotional at times — there’s guys running around in German uniforms and that kind of was a trigger for him as well.”
“On the one hand it was amazing to hear him say it and on the other, it was a bit of a relief to hear him say that . . . perhaps we were doing something more right than wrong.”
For more information on Storming Juno [click here]
Here is a column that clearly outlines the proposal by Lisa MacLeod to make remembrance Day a statutory holiday in Ontario.[click here]
Local MPP Lisa MacLeod’s proposal to make Remembrance Day a statutory holiday is a good idea that is long overdue. Our veterans and their sacrifices are surely as worthy of celebration as Queen Victoria’s birthday or the Civic Holiday.
The fact that Ontario is one of only three provinces not now recognizing Remembrance Day with a statutory holiday is a pretty good indicator that our province is out of step. The situation is particularly discordant here with federal public servants getting the day off, but most other people having to work.
What MacLeod wants to do is put Remembrance Day on the same plane as Christmas and Easter. In other words, a real statutory holiday where everything shuts down. That would prevent it from becoming just another day off to catch up on shopping.
Don’t forget to vote in the poll this week. As well it turns out Ontario is truly out of line with the rest of Canada when it comes to honoring our veterans.
