Revolutionary Moderation

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Every time this year, when Americans find themselves between Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day, Canadians wonder why they don't have a holiday between New Year's Day and Good Friday.



Albertans, who are like pseudo-Canadians (note to Don's regular readers: I know not all of you wear cowboy hats and vote Republican, but don't make any sudden moves, they have you surrounded) do have a winter holiday, Family Day (third Monday in February) which commemorates Don Getty's remorse as a failed parent when his son Dale was busted for cocaine possession. For those of you scoring at home, this is the same Don Getty who said 'I may beat my kids, but I never abuse a seat belt'.



'Family Day' carries about as much tradition as Costington's Department Store's Love Day It's time for a statutory holiday that celebrates thousands of years of tradition, is already marked by tremendous excitement, colour, and pageantry, and points out Canada's future diversity AND the fact this is a Pacific Rim Nation: Lunar New Year



If the $175 million (at least in BC) turns out to be an issue, we can always drop Easter Monday as a stat, which a lot of us don't get off anyway. Or 'Family' Day...