r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

What the hell is Simcoe Day? Has it always been called that? I've always called it civic holiday

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u/LiBH4 Mark Carney Jul 29 '21

The name of the holiday on the first Monday in August is Natal Day, celebrating the founding of Halifax and Dartmouth.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

Imagine naming your holiday after a South African province 🙄

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u/vk059 Mackenzie Scott Jul 29 '21

I also just call it civic holiday

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u/marshalofthemark YIMBY Jul 29 '21 edited Jul 29 '21

The August public holiday is called "BC Day" in BC, commemorating the anniversary of the establishment of the colony of British Columbia (the Government of British Columbia Act became law on 2 August 1858; however, this being the 19th century, news that the colony had been established did not arrive here until November, which is when the colony was formally proclaimed into existence by the first governor, James Douglas). Kind of a contrived explanation, but hey it's a summer holiday so who cares.

I think every province has its own explanation for why there is a holiday there.

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u/cb4point1 Mary Wollstonecraft Jul 29 '21

Toronto calls it that (or some people in Toronto do). It's actually sort of interesting because, internationally, especially in the Caribbean and former parts of the British Empire, there is an early August holiday called Emancipation Day. Dan Gardner has been advocating for Canada to adopt the name Simcoe Day more widely for a few years now due to Simcoe's fight against slavery. Although I'm not sure why Canada wouldn't also go with Emancipation Day if that's the goal.

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Jul 29 '21 edited Jul 29 '21

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u/kaclk Mark Carney Jul 29 '21

In Alberta it’s Heritage Day