Proposed Holidays
In recent years there has been a call for the Canadian government to recognize Saint Patrick's Day as a national holiday. Currently it is a holiday only for provincial government employees in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The other leading candidate for a new holiday is a weekend in February to celebrate the anniversary of the Canadian flag, or more likely a general "Heritage Day". February 15 is already designated as Flag Day, but this is simply a day of commemoration, not a statutory holiday.
In the province of Nova Scotia, which has relatively few days off, there has been debate over the introduction of a statutory holiday in the month of February.
Read more about this topic: Public Holidays In Canada
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