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The point that Remembrance Day is the most fitting observance and commemoration for Canada's war dead is worthy; I would personally have reservations with the idea that its significance is necessarily enhanced by making it a "holiday", i.e., a full day off work. I personally am given Remembrance Day as a stat holiday. I do not shop on that day, and always watch the National Remembrance service on TV, and usually watch all the relevant programming on the History Channel throughout the day.
In the UK, the Royal British Legion lobbyed for a nation-wide observance of two minutes silence at 11:00am on November 11th, which is very moving and significant when all traffic stops, and all people stop in the street and in their work places, across the country for two minutes. This is obviously much easier to do in a nation with one time zone, but it could, perhaps, be even more impressive for a country like Canada when 6 successive time zones all observe two minutes silence on a normal workday (rather than a "holiday"), and then continue on. It would incorporate Remembrance into every day life and compel a pause for reflection that would likely be lost for most people if it became simply a day off work. Just food for thought.
In the UK, the Royal British Legion lobbyed for a nation-wide observance of two minutes silence at 11:00am on November 11th, which is very moving and significant when all traffic stops, and all people stop in the street and in their work places, across the country for two minutes. This is obviously much easier to do in a nation with one time zone, but it could, perhaps, be even more impressive for a country like Canada when 6 successive time zones all observe two minutes silence on a normal workday (rather than a "holiday"), and then continue on. It would incorporate Remembrance into every day life and compel a pause for reflection that would likely be lost for most people if it became simply a day off work. Just food for thought.