Remembrance Day ceremony being moved draws reaction

The move of the Halifax Remembrance Day ceremony to Dartmouth has drawn a reaction.

Allan DeYoung has served in Canada’s military overseas.

He now lives here in a homeless encampment in Dartmouth.

When told Halifax’s Grand Parade Remembrance Day ceremony will moved, DeYoung said, “Well, they have a Remembrance Day thing over at Sullivan’s Pond, do they not?”

He is right. The Halifax ceremony will shift to the Cenotaph in Dartmouth.

Because of the homeless encampment in downtown Halifax, DeYoung says this was the right decision.

“What are you going to do? Pack them all up, move them for a day, and let them come back?”

Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada CEO Jim Lowther understands why some people would be angry about this decision, but he is more concerned about finding housing for the homeless.