Emancipation Day 2022

[dewline]

For the city of Ottawa, it's Colonel By Day; For the province of Ontario, a civic holiday. For the Canadian Feds, it's Emancipation Day, a federally-proclaimed observance of the anniversary of the end of slavery as proclaimed throughout what was once "the British Empire" in 1834.

(Whether it's really over and done is argued about.)

The city and province act as if it's time off. The feds, not yet, despite their own proclamation. And so the businesses of the city act in conflicting ways about the occasion.

Right now, it's...confusing.

"Holiday" or not, I'm still looking for new work leads this morning anyway.

Comments

[cmcmck]

As it turns out, the great British athlete, Sir Mo Farah, was kept as a slave and it's taken this long for him to be able to talk about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-62140974

[dewline]

I had read about that when the story broke. Horrific, amazing, and he's earned his knighthood in ways I would not wish upon anyone.

[warriorsavant]

And in Quebec, it's nothing in particular (except for being part of the 2-week Construction Holiday).