Is Truth and Reconciliation Day a stat in B.C.? What’s open and closed
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The day was announced by the government as a day for all Canadians to listen and learn about the country's colonial history and the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools.
On Sept. 30, B.C. will join the rest of Canada in marking the first federal Truth and Reconciliation Day.
The day was announced in June by the government as a day for all Canadians to listen and learn about the country’s colonial history and the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools.
“In recent years, Sept. 30 has been known as Orange Shirt Day, so-called because of the residential school experiences of the campaign’s founder, Phyllis Webstad,” the B.C. government said in a statement in August.
“It is a day when we honour the children who suffered in the residential school system, and many residential school survivors and supporters have advocated for this to become a national day of commemoration, to respond to one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.”
The day is a national holiday in Canada but has not yet been made a provincial holiday in B.C.
That means all employers do not have to recognize the day as a stat holiday or provide employees with a day off or stat pay.
Federal employees and workers in federally-regulated workplaces will have the day off, including postal workers.
Schools, post-secondary institutions, some health-care workplaces and Crown corporations will all be closed.
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