MPs hold 2nd reading on making Remembrance Day a statutory holiday
Posted Nov 5, 2014 6:54 am.
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Members of Parliament will hold a second reading on Wednesday on a bill that would make Remembrance Day a national statutory holiday.
The private member’s bill, Bill C-597, was introduced by NDP MP Dan Harris in May.
The Conservative government has already put its support behind the bill, joining the Liberals and the Green Party.
If second reading passes, it will go to the House of Commons heritage committee for further study before MPs have a final vote.
Nov. 11 is recognized in the Holidays Act as a national holiday, but Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba don’t treat it as a paid statutory holiday.
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