Federally-regulated employees in Canada will get a day off next week to mourn the loss of the country’s longest reigning sovereign.
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in London next Monday, prompting the federal government to mark it as a day of mourning.
It coincides with a previously announced commemorative ceremony in Ottawa, which will feature a memorial parade, CF-18 flyover, and a 96-gun salute.
But, while some 900,000 federally-regulated employees will get a holiday, it will not, at the moment, be extended to the other 90 percent of Canadian workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is speaking with the provinces to align the holiday, but the decision is ultimately up to them.
Due to the short notice, it is unlikely that the province’s will follow suit, with the impromptu day off tagged at an estimated $4 billion economic hit.
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