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What do you think about the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation statutory holiday?

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We don't need two holidays in one month. I'm a contractor for a government office and if I don't work I don't get paid. 1 holiday is manageable but two in same month not so much. Justin Tredeau created this holiday to playcate them. The events in modern times are horrible and they should be paid or that. Anything beyond need that to move on

Why does the government get the holiday when the lower caste system doesn't? Not fair we should pay a government employee out of our taxes. Maybe the non-Federal employees should get a holiday only. Also when does the line get drawn. Should we have a Black History holiday, Vietnamese holiday, Chinese Holiday, ecetra.

Agreed. Give first nations peoples their own country and cut off all benefits. Let them live by their own laws any way they want without the rest of country forever having to feel sorry for the past. The past is gone. Learn from it and move on. I know, this is an unpopular opinion.

I 100% agree with Mike (comment before mine). Everywhere else on earth the losing side of any battle is happy to be still alive and they don't get decades long benefits and holidays, tax breaks and don't get to constantly complain on national tv and radio about how horrible that they aren't getting even more of everything. I also agree that residential schools were bad. They are over. Time to move on. I hear now that Canada Day is being changed to Inclusion Day in some cities to make first nations people feel better. Maybe the first nations people and Quebec should be their own country and then let's see how they get on without the vast contributions the rest of Canada currently provides them.

Weird how every other nation on the planet that have taken over another country has a to bad so sad you lost now follow our laws rules and if you whine about it you go to jail are killed or sent out of country. Scotland pay england for beating them in a battle and taking land.... no. Is russia caring or feel bad for taking parts of Ukraine... hell no. No paying back and saying sorry. Just be greatful that when you lost the battle you weren't wiped off the face of existence and that you can still live here. The torture and killing of children who were taken to be assimilated into the new order was wrong but for the government that was at fault to get a free day off is a joke. They are basically getting a pat on the back and paid for killing kids. Yet the people who have already said its wrong and stood by the families and made the recognition and feel bad get nothing... stupid government. Make it federal everybody or say sorry and have no recognised day and move on over these incidents already. Learn. Be better. Move on, or make all recognize by having a day of remembrance.

New idea. Instead of govt employees getting yet another day off to remember the govt led atrocities of the past, how about govt employees work the day sans pay. The saved wages are used fund reconciliation initiatives. Nothing like a day of free labour to keep a topic fresh in memory.

Honestly, how much "compensation" is enough. Never will be, get over it. Bad things happen to people of all walks of life in various points in history. Getting a stat for it? It's laughable. I imagine a large portion of the people who this holiday is for are unemployed.

I am trying to understand how a very small family run business can now afford yet another holiday. Truth and Reconciliation day should be a day of reflection, not a day where a business now has to pay their employees to take it off. How does penalizing the small business help the reflection of the day? crushing small business yet again. We work in hospitably so that means that we have to be open now that yet another long weekend is created but the profits are not 2 1/2x what we need to pay out in wages? was anyone in small business consulted on this ever?

Giving to one group creates resentment, not harmony. There is already a tremendous amount of tax payer funded compensation. The tragedy of residential schools should be honored, but it shouldn't be a national paid holiday. How about us tax payers (only 54% of the population) getting a break?

We need to remember what happened and continue to learn as new information unfolds as this genocide was hidden by the federal government, monarchy and the churches. It should be a recognized holiday for everyone with indigenous education and celebrations. Just as Canada Day is celebrated, Truth and Reconciliation should be for everyone and would have been more appropriate to rename Victoria Day to the day of Truth and Reconciliation.

At the beginning government to let the church to kill these kids and now they have a day off and their celebrated why only the government

If Truth and Reconciliation lands on a Saturday, does that mean we would receive Monday off in lieu?

IF it is to be a statutory holiday, it should be for all or nobody...not just the people that could care less: GOV!!

So tired of these people complaining. What do they really want. Money, money and more money. Enough is enough. Really sad about how they were treated, but Canadians today didn't do this. No matter what we do they are not satisfied. Pay them off once and for all and be done with it. We have recognized their grief. Get over it and move on.

Was it not the federal government at the time that opened the residential schools and signed the documents to legalize them? Now it is the workers of the governing body that legalized the problem that get a nice relaxing day off while everyone ( including those that opposed the idea) has to suffer by not being able to utilize services they need on that day. Pretty hypocritical if you ask me.

The decision was not well-thought out. Just declaring a holiday for some people does nothing, meets no goals.

Wow. Some viable opinions and interesting suggestions but outnumbered by society's entitlement issues. I also wonder if those bashing today's government also still despise the Japanese or Germans for war atrocities committed 80 years ago.

I am appalled to learn this is a holiday for bankers and government employees but no one else. I can't think how this is being justified. Government employees are public servants. WE pay their wages so this day off is not just being denied us; WE are picking up the tab for it.

If it was not going to be a day off for everyone then it should not be a day off for anyone. By making it only for Federal employees that means some indigenous people will be working today, what a slap in the face that is. It should not be about government employees getting yet another day off paid for the taxpayers. Every Canadian should be off today so the indigenous can have their day of reconciliation mean something and so that all Canadians can learn more about their culture. It's not meant to have all government employees have another paid holiday, they have too many already paid by the tax payers.

This holiday is a joke. Civil servants will use it for bbq parties and an extra day at the cottage. This behaviour will only enrage native groups on their day of victim hood. Look at how Justin Trudeau was treated last year! A native ancestry day where people remain at work or school but reflect on native contribution to Canada's past and present would have been more appropriate. Natives are not just victims. They played a large role in building this country.

I don't think it is necessary to create a day off work for every significant event that occurs throughout the year. At this rate businesses will be closed more often than they are open in years to come. That some Statutory holidays are excusive to Government employees and banks excludes everyone else and an added expense to tax payers. Besides with the current backlogs in all areas of Government services thee last thing they need is another day off. There are better way to recognize significant events. Rallies, school assemblies, gatherings, walks, religious and general services held on a weekend or evening would give more people a chance to properly recognize the occasion. This method also eliminates those who simple use the time off to sleep in, catch up on housework or go to the mall.

Clean water for all Canadians, not just one group Deb. There are many towns in BC with horrible water, and they are sick from it! many are sick from it.

A holiday does not do anything positive towards reconciliation or truth Actions speak Louder than words. the money that a holiday costs the government would be better spent on improvements to residents of some reserves that don't even have good water

If federal employees get a holiday but not the rest of us, then federal tax for that day should be waived for the rest of us. Angry.

Having another federal holiday is a waste. It screws over those who are affected by federal companies but dont directly work for one. Now I have another day where I am forced to take off but I dont get paid. Horrible and should be abolished.

It should be a holiday for everyone, so that people can reflect with those that were affected. The government were the ones at fault for this atrocity. Why do government workers get these special holidays and others don't! For example, Remembrance Day in November, we should all be in remembrance & celebrate our freedom and observe & revere those who paid the price for all of us!

I understand the significance of the day for indigenous peoples. Why not everyone off that day. Not all indigenous people work in govt offices. I agree a lot of people look at it as another day off. Some companies can't afford to pay for the day. Another way we could look at it. A holiday is usually about honoring something. Indigenous peoples are not celebrating lives lost. They would like justice and answers. Do you think the govt is going to host a memorial or speak on this day.

I don't get how a holiday aimed to recognize the governments wrong doings, rewards the federal employees with a paid holiday. While the rest of the country is hard at work not even making statutory pay? It's a crock government gets another day off on tax payers expenses.

I think only Federal employees is absurd. Either all or no one. My husband works at the LCBO and is getting double time for working. How insane is that.

Most Indigenous people DO NOT work federal jobs, therefore they will have to work. What a crock of horse pucky. Should be a holiday for everyone or no one.

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