No stat holiday in Alberta on Monday for ‘day of mourning’ over Queen’s death
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Alberta has followed the federal government's lead and declared Monday, Sept. 19 a provincial day of mourning but it will not be treated as a statutory holiday.
Alberta has followed the federal government’s lead and declared Monday, Sept. 19 a provincial day of mourning “in solemn recognition of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”
However, it will not be treated as a statutory holiday.
On Monday, the prime minister announced Canada will observe a national day of mourning on Sept. 19. The holiday will coincide with the queen’s funeral in London, U.K.
“We have also chosen to move forward with a federal holiday on Monday,” Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
“We will be working with the provinces and the territories to try and see that we’re aligned on this. There are still a few details to be worked out, but declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important.”
While Trudeau has said Monday would be a “federal holiday,” which normally applies to public servants and federally regulated workers, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan later said in a tweet that federally regulated workers will not get the day off automatically.
He said it would only be for “federal government employees.”
“I think the best case scenario would be if the government were to declare it a commemorative or ceremonial holiday and leave it up to employers as to whether they want to close or provide employees with a day off,” Kathleen Cook with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday.
