tess' rememberance day challenge

[parkie]

This is the letter i sent to the Pm's office

Dear Mr.. Harper

As a military mother, first I would like to say Thank You for all you are doing to support our boys and girls that are serving our great country.

Mr.. Harper, there are quite a few of us parents, serving members, retired members, husbands, and wives who think that November 11 should be a national holiday, this is the day that we the people of Canada should be at services for our veterans not at work at the local Wal-Mart Canadian Tire etc. November 11 should be a day that the average Canadian can spend with their families and with the people that have seen the battles of years gone by.A day where we can reflect on the men and women in uniform that have been laid to rest.It should be a day that we can bow our heads and remember the names of the soldiers within our family and think of the families of the men of the Canadian military that have lost their lives over the last few years.

Mr.. Harper  I know that you have supported the families of the military and now I hope you will listen to the people of Canada and declare November 11 a national holiday so all of Canada can take the time to remember.

Good letter granny,very good.If we all stick to this with the resolve that brought us together in the first place,We'll do it! My old friends phoned a little while ago,one has his letter ready to send off to Prime minister Harper,the other is working on his,Their all fired up about it,apparently somebody told them they weren't fit to do battle one more time,Don't know who that was,Wasn't me.
                                                                  parkie

 

[Wookilar]

Letter has been sent to the Speaker, Mr. Milliken. If things come to some sort of vote, it may be close. Our local MP here might become pivitol on such an occasion.

I encourage all others in Kingston to do the same. Especially if you are registered to vote here.

Use your real name and address, not your on-line handle. Give this some credibility and put your name where your mouth is.

 

[manhole]

Nov. 11th is a provincial holiday here in New Brunswick.  Our group goes to all area schools to "get the message out".  We have a candlelight ceremony at the cenotaph during Veterans Week with the local middle school doing the planning and execution of this ceremony.  All schools hold services of remembrance.    I notice that there is a bigger turnout every year for the Remembrance Day observances at area cenotaphs.  Our youth in this area are aware and involved and doing a wonderful job!  Our local cadet corps, 318 RCACC, push the wheelchairs for our disabled vets so they may attend the service.  I challenge other communities to get involved..... contact your municipality, ANAVETS unit, or Legion and offer your assistance and expertise.              Ubique

 

[DJ]

I have always been piqued as to why November 11 is not a holiday in every province.  Can somebody please enlighten me? 
Thanks.

 

[vonGarvin]

Letter is sent to my MP: Daryl Kramp of Prince Edward-Hastings.  I'll update when (if) I get a reply


Cheers



Garvin

 

[big bad john]

Letter is sent to my MP: Paul Dewer NDP of Ottawa-Center.  I'll update when (if) I get a reply

(Thanks Garvin for the copy)

 

[vonGarvin]

Letter is sent to my MP: Paul Dow NDP of Ottawa-Center.  I'll update when (if) I get a reply

(Thanks Garvin for the copy)

Took me a moment to figure out what you meant   Man, I need more caffeine!

Cheers

 

[big bad john]

Took me a moment to figure out what you meant   Man, I need more caffeine!

Cheers

Don't we all at this time of the morning, even when some of us are at work on a lovely Saturday morning. lol  We must Observe things that need Observing here in Pet for the weekend.

 

[Trinity]

The tess remembrance challenge???

I didn't know tess was dead.. or it was that hard to remember him.  ;D

 

[Fraser.g]

Letter send to Carol Skelton MP (Conservative).

 

[GAP]

You are aware that if Remembrance Day is made a Stat Holiday, the Legions, etc cannot serve liquor, unless there is specific provision in the bill exempting them from Provincial Jurisdiction on that day.

 

[the 48th regulator]

Good call GAP,

Hopefully the Chellengers are reading this thread.

dileas

tess

 

[GAP]

All these calls for a more rigid observance of Remembrance Day is kinda defeating the purpose.

In Manitoba, nothing can open before noon, to allow for the ceremonies and observances. That's good and proper

Then the rest of the day is treated like any other holiday, where people can go about their business, pleasure, etc. , enjoying exactly those fruits that our men and women died to protect. A little education and a whole lot of guilt of exactly why they are able to play on this day would probably serve a better purpose.

 

[Elisha]

Rememberance day should be a holiday...its a shame that there are a ton of people that just do not care.  My husbands work place had a very hard time understanding that he was taking the day off instead of working for time and a half.  (he's retired military).  Definatly it should be a day, that is the least they should do, to remember those who have fallen or who have been injured!


Elisha

 

[George Wallace]

All these calls for a more rigid observance of Remembrance Day is kinda defeating the purpose.

In Manitoba, nothing can open before noon, to allow for the ceremonies and observances. That's good and proper

Then the rest of the day is treated like any other holiday, where people can go about their business, pleasure, etc. , enjoying exactly those fruits that our men and women died to protect. A little education and a whole lot of guilt of exactly why they are able to play on this day would probably serve a better purpose.

.....And that is all that most would probably think would be necessary.  I remember it being like that when I was younger, in several of the provinces that I have resided in, but I guess the "Dollar" and commercialism slowly eroded that practice away.

 

[the 48th regulator]

All these calls for a more rigid observance of Remembrance Day is kinda defeating the purpose.

In Manitoba, nothing can open before noon, to allow for the ceremonies and observances. That's good and proper

Then the rest of the day is treated like any other holiday, where people can go about their business, pleasure, etc. , enjoying exactly those fruits that our men and women died to protect. A little education and a whole lot of guilt of exactly why they are able to play on this day would probably serve a better purpose.

Hence the fact that only coverage the rest of the day is documnetaries dedicated to the sacrifice.

At the end of day, short of us trying to turn this in a "May Day" parade of the soviet block, people can do as they please.

You seem to be pointing out some challenges but, what do you recomend GAP?

dileas

tess

 

[Kat Stevens]

When I retired from the Army and went to work out in the world, I told my new boss that Remembrance Day was a deal-breaker.  I would work any other day of the year, but not THAT day.  The first year ('03) he tried to entice me with double time,  last year he closed the office and joined me at the ceremonies....not strictly on the topic, but relevant, I hope.

 

[GAP]

Hence the fact that only coverage the rest of the day is documentaries dedicated to the sacrifice.

At the end of day, short of us trying to turn this in a "May Day" parade of the soviet block, people can do as they please.

That's a little hardcore, don't you think? This people can do as they please, so long as it's what you want them to do, defeats the purpose of exercising freedom. Those inclined to focus that day on remembrance should have no difficulty in doing so. We can't legislate focus, but we can make it available to those who otherwise wouldn't give it a second thought.

It would be nice if, because of all the controversy, some media outlet did a full length documentary, without a personal objective/message,  on the reasons we are in Astan and what is anticipated. Most of the population does not know, nor will make the effort to know, the why and what of us being over there.
Remembrance Day is the appropriate day to air this, because that's the day most's people's attention is on the military.
The second world war and Korea are not really relevent to the youth of today, let's bring them up to speed.

 

[the 48th regulator]

That's a little hardcore, don't you think? This people can do as they please, so long as it's what you want them to do, defeats the purpose of exercising freedom. Those inclined to focus that day on remembrance should have no difficulty in doing so. We can't legislate focus, but we can make it available to those who otherwise wouldn't give it a second thought.

Damn right it is hardcore.

They do it for Christmas.

They do it for New years.

Easter...the list goes on.

The freedom of those that do not wish to see the programming on those days is either closing the tv, or popping in a DVD into the player. However, if the media is hell bent in explaining that documenting a repatriation ceremony has a function, I then offered them a true alternative and a date to do this.

Would you not agree I recognized the challenge and offered a solution?

dileas

tess

 

[GAP]

This isn't about challenges

I am probably more hard core than you are, but we're not talking here about people with our bent focusing on the military. We're talking about the people who listen for 2 minutes and their minds slide off the subject and onto something they can relate to. (I think they can relate to it, nobody really knows )