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Rememberance Day is not a stat Holiday but they will make one day in Febuary a stat why not forget about that and make Rememberance Day a stat holiday for all of our past and present comrades who still serve or have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. 
Manitobans may soon get a holiday in February.
Finance Minister Greg Selinger said a statutory holiday for the shortest month of the year is under consideration and will hopefully soon become a reality.
"We're clearly open to the idea and encourage Manitobans to come forward and tell us their ideas," said Selinger, noting he'll be carefully examining the issue as he prepares the government's upcoming budget.
Saskatchewan announced on Thursday that a new statutory holiday, called Family Day, will be held on the third Monday in February in that province.
Selinger said Manitobans can tell their MLAs their thoughts about having a similar holiday in our province.
An unscientific survey of Manitobans last night found support for adding a stat holiday.
Standing outside Polo Park, Jeff Meacham said he can't complain about an extra holiday.
"I'll take a day off whenever I can get it," said Meacham, a pilot.
Meacham's friend Ryan Mitchell said he likes the idea of an extra holiday but added the day should recognize an important Canadian figure or event.
"If they're going to set aside a day to celebrate or recognize something then I think it should be something meaningful and not just a day off work," he said.
'COSTS BUSINESSES'
Dave Angus, head of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, conceded an extra day off would be warmly received by Manitobans, but said the business community would be the one to pay for the idea.
"It doesn't cost the government a cent to do this, but it costs businesses and industries, especially ones that operate on holidays and have to pay staff holiday pay," he said.
That cost would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business told reporters in Saskatchewan that a new stat holiday will cost employers there an estimated $57 million in lost productivity and result in a $130-million loss to the provincial economy.
Opposition leader Hugh McFadyen was lukewarm to the idea of another stat holiday.
"We've got an array of statutory holidays in Manitoba and we have lots of small business people in the province struggling to get by. So I think we'd want to have consultation by small business and other people who'd be impacted by that kind of decision," said McFadyen.
Manitobans may soon get a holiday in February.
Finance Minister Greg Selinger said a statutory holiday for the shortest month of the year is under consideration and will hopefully soon become a reality.
"We're clearly open to the idea and encourage Manitobans to come forward and tell us their ideas," said Selinger, noting he'll be carefully examining the issue as he prepares the government's upcoming budget.
Saskatchewan announced on Thursday that a new statutory holiday, called Family Day, will be held on the third Monday in February in that province.
Selinger said Manitobans can tell their MLAs their thoughts about having a similar holiday in our province.
An unscientific survey of Manitobans last night found support for adding a stat holiday.
Standing outside Polo Park, Jeff Meacham said he can't complain about an extra holiday.
"I'll take a day off whenever I can get it," said Meacham, a pilot.
Meacham's friend Ryan Mitchell said he likes the idea of an extra holiday but added the day should recognize an important Canadian figure or event.
"If they're going to set aside a day to celebrate or recognize something then I think it should be something meaningful and not just a day off work," he said.
'COSTS BUSINESSES'
Dave Angus, head of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, conceded an extra day off would be warmly received by Manitobans, but said the business community would be the one to pay for the idea.
"It doesn't cost the government a cent to do this, but it costs businesses and industries, especially ones that operate on holidays and have to pay staff holiday pay," he said.
That cost would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business told reporters in Saskatchewan that a new stat holiday will cost employers there an estimated $57 million in lost productivity and result in a $130-million loss to the provincial economy.
Opposition leader Hugh McFadyen was lukewarm to the idea of another stat holiday.
"We've got an array of statutory holidays in Manitoba and we have lots of small business people in the province struggling to get by. So I think we'd want to have consultation by small business and other people who'd be impacted by that kind of decision," said McFadyen.
