Civic Holiday
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- Jaline
I live in Ontario (Ottawa) and work in Quebec (Gatineau), so unfortunately I'm pretty much the only one I know who doesn't have Monday off. I guess I'll just have to make the most out of this weekend. I'm going to Toronto with my family.
What are the rest of you Canadians (except for Quebecers) doing?
- k770
Caribana!!
Gonna be a good weekend to be in tO, Jaline. get down town on Saturday..
- canuck0
Sucker.
I have nothing special planned. Might go see the Bluejays saturday or sunday.
Mostly drinking and a lot of time in the sun.
I would love to check out Caribana, but not of my friends are into that. Bastards.
- Jaline0
Really? Interesting. I haven't watched that live ever, but I have seen it on TV a few times. I'm sure I'll be near the downtown area.
- blaw0
why doesn't quebec get monday off?
come to think of it, why don't americans get monday off?
- canuck0
Civic holiday is a provincial thing,
Provinces can have their own holidays.
- Jaline0
Quebec is always different.
- _salisae_0
that's a skull cramp with oat a doat :/
- Jaline0
Every other province/territory has a type of civic holiday (it could be called Natal Day or Heritage Day, etc.) on the first Monday of August. Just not Quebec.
- Jaline0
that's a skull cramp with oat a doat :/
_salisae_
(Jul 29 05, 09:03)wha
- canuck0
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-…
Newfoundland has a mother load of holidays. Too bad its a shite place to make a living.
- _salisae_0
pick up a 2,4 uh blue on the way to hogtown with tha loonies & 2 knees you made at work
- canuck0
eh?
- Jaline0
Thanks Shari, I'll be sure to have a good time :)
Loonies and Twoonies may get a bit heavy though.
- blaw0
thanks canuck and jaline.
- Jaline0
no probleeemo
- Fanco0
Québec has the St-Jean
- i_monk0
I've been writing a novel for the last 18 months, and this weekend I'm going hermit and sealing myself in my apt and unplugging the modem to get some writing done.
And ordering Thai. Mmm.
- _salisae_0
what's your novel about?
- Jaline0
yeah, what's it aboooot?
- i_monk0
The decadence of posthuman mankind, temporally-displaced culture-clash, ships burning off the should of Orion, that sort of nonsense.