School closures to mark Queen Elizabeth’s death create problems for parents
Queen Elizabeth.The four Atlantic provinces, British Columbia and Yukon all declared Monday a holiday for provincial and territorial public-sector employees, including teachers and school staff.
Canada announces a holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth’s death. Here’s who gets it Yet most private-sector businesses will remain open, leaving many workers struggling to find child care or in some cases taking the day off unpaid.Kristine Grace, a Dartmouth, N.S.-based mother of two children in Grades 5 and 2, said the decision to honour the queen’s funeral service by giving public-sector workers a holiday is disappointing.She said closing schools but not declaring a full statutory holiday puts many workers in a child-care bind.Grace said after two years of pandemic-related school disruptions, it’s frustrating for families to once again be forced to grapple with a sudden closure.“I do think these sorts of decisions disproportionately affect women,” she said. “It’s also a missed opportunity to discuss the monarchy in Canada and maybe hold an assembly during the funeral service or have a moment of silence.” No stat holiday in Alberta on Monday for ‘day of mourning’ over Queen’s death Judy Haiven, a researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and retired Saint Mary’s University professor, said it’s a “charade” to claim that Monday is a holiday when only civil servants get the day off.“They’re trying to dangle the idea that workers have more rights in this province and it’s absolutely not true,” she said.
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