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Celebrating Canada's national sport [National Hockey Day?]
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Feb 22, 2009 06:56pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OTTAWA — National Hockey Day?
That's what the third Friday in February would become in Canada if a member of Parliament from Alberta has her way.
Linda Duncan has already produced one political miracle — winning the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona for the NDP in the federal election last October — and now she's taking aim at another one.
On Monday, Duncan will table a private member's bill in the House of Commons to have the third Friday officially declared National Hockey Day. She plans to announce her intentions today at Vimy Ridge Academy, an Edmonton school with a hockey team that has both boy and girl players.
The day would fall around the time of CBC's annual Hockey Day In Canada celebrations and after various Family Day holidays in several provinces. Alberta was first to announce such a break in 1990 and now a February holiday exists in Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island under various names, including Family Day. |
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