Canada New November 11 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: The House of Commons of Canada (Ottawa) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Canadian House of Commons bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), yet another bill aiming to extend the observance of the regional, November 11, Remembrance Day, non-working public holiday of Canada, this time by making it a nationwide non-working public holiday in Canada ("is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada") and by specifying a day in lieu when November 11 falls on a weekend ("When November 11 is a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such"), got its first reading last Friday. [full story]