Alana Paon with Royal Canadian Legion members; contributed
A Nova Scotia MLA says she’s proposing a provincial time of remembrance leading up to Remembrance Day each year.
Alana Paon, the MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond, says she’s put forward the Time of Remembrance Act (Bill 115) to set the first 10 days of November aside as a time to honour veterans.
Paon says it’s to give the time we need to honour those who’ve died protecting our country.
“We need to give them, I think maybe, a little bit more time than just one day; it’s usually even just one morning that is given towards remembering them,” she says. “(It’s) the importance of us keeping the memory of all of these men and women who have lost their lives on our behalf.”
Paon says it’s not a replacement for Remembrance Day, but rather an extension to it.
She says it’s to add to things Royal Canadian Legion reps and other groups already do.
“There’s a whole host of history and learning and opportunity for us to really extend the learning process to our children.”
Paon says it won’t create a new holiday or put any restrictions on what can happen on the days leading up to Remembrance Day.
She says it will stand as a time for learning and remembering.
