DADDYROCK Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Our Government and the Catholic Church should be ashamed of themselves for what they did to our first nations peoples,the states is pulling the same outrageous type of behavior with taking children away from parents at the borders. So if we can learn from history and talk about it openly, it is good for mankind in general and maybe these types of behaviors will never be repeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboarder Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I disagree with having more extra stat holiday just because a past government did awful things to First Nations. It is not a good excuse to create a new statuary holiday, tbh. We can create a better holiday something better than that. We do not want to create a memorial for a wrong reason. Creating a holiday has to be meaningful like Remembrance Day where we remember fallen soldiers for our freedom. If we ever need to create a new holiday, it has to be a D-Day as it's not a statuary holiday in Canada which would be far better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyndall2 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 The way I understood this announcement is the possibility of another stat holiday would be for federal government employees. Not the general public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 55 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: That sounds so dirty (heh, my mind is ALWAYS in the gutter). dp day is a Saturday. Won't work as a stat Sorry pal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, NUCKER67 said: This won't be enough. Next up, changing the flag. I'm sure there's something offensive about the maple leaf. It is offensive. Red and white. Red is fine. But why is it also white? Why not black? What are you, racist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 So the government might create another stat holiday that employers will have to pay out money on? How about the government announces, at the same time, all employers will receive a tax break equivalent to the stat days total payroll per company or business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, gurn said: So the government might create another stat holiday that employers will have to pay out money on? How about the government announces, at the same time, all employers will receive a tax break equivalent to the stat days total payroll per company or business? Maybe we need business owners from countries like Italy to come over and teach Canadian business owners how to succeed in business while paying high wages and ridiculous benefits packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I bet this is one of JT's pet projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 More overtime pay for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 4 hours ago, NUCKER67 said: This won't be enough. Next up, changing the flag. I'm sure there's something offensive about the maple leaf. its not the maple leaf.. its the white between the red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 What I find really compelling about this is unlike the initial interactions of colonialism you can go meet people effected by this if you want to, and we have a chance to set some small part of it right with them while they are still here, unlike things that happened hundreds of years ago. To me that seems like a neat opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, coolboarder said: I disagree with having more extra stat holiday just because a past government did awful things to First Nations. It is not a good excuse to create a new statuary holiday, tbh. We can create a better holiday something better than that. We do not want to create a memorial for a wrong reason. Creating a holiday has to be meaningful like Remembrance Day where we remember fallen soldiers for our freedom. If we ever need to create a new holiday, it has to be a D-Day as it's not a statuary holiday in Canada which would be far better than this. would it help if we made little John A MacDonald decorations for the occasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Jimmy McGill said: would it help if we made little John A MacDonald decorations for the occasion? John A MacDonald bobblehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Instead of having a day to just constantly remind ourselves of the poor decisions of the past, why not just simply have the new holiday as a celebration of Aboriginal cultures, achievements, etc? Better to use this opportunity for looking into the future rather than just focusing on the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 If the federal government wants people to get paid days off then they should foot the bill paying employees not to work, not force the small businesses to pay for people not to make them money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said: would it help if we made little John A MacDonald decorations for the occasion? 53 minutes ago, riffraff said: John A MacDonald bobblehead. I was thinking something more along the lines of effigies. The kind we light on fire then get neo-cons to throw a bunch of asbestos blankets on him and hug it tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, luckylager said: I was thinking something more along the lines of effigies. The kind we light on fire then get neo-cons to throw a bunch of asbestos blankets on him and hug it tight. Ok. pinata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, riffraff said: Ok. pinata. Only if it's full of bull$&!#, and smallpox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 June means there's a holiday every month pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: June means there's a holiday every month pretty much. March doesn't have one either. I always find myself coming to a crawl between Family Day and Easter in April. Alternatively I could use sick days or vaca days, but I like to save those for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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