A New National Holiday by Federal Statute Commemorating Remembrance Day Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/a-new-national-holiday-by-federal-statute-commemorating-remembrance-day.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:22 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Christy Holmes [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11496020?utm_medium=rss This is the LEAST that we can do, as a grateful nation.

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:03:56 UTC 11496020 Mr Paul Nichols [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8298532?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:20:43 UTC 8298532 Ms Duyen Nguyen [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6683508?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:53:10 UTC 6683508 Janna Robblee [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6591878?utm_medium=rss I can't believe this hasn't already been done.

]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:57:01 UTC 6591878 Dan Drake [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6590423?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:21:20 UTC 6590423 David Tighe [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6558683?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:43 UTC 6558683 Mrs. Tova Ralph [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6556186?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:09:34 UTC 6556186 Cheryl Feenstra [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6541187?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:49:32 UTC 6541187 Mrs Colette Hutten [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6498034?utm_medium=rss If we can have a stat holiday to shop on boxing day, I think it is deplorable that we can't honour vets.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:12:39 UTC 6498034 Ms. Andrea Parry [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6497581?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:50:33 UTC 6497581 Ms Kayleigh Ozerkevich [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6497542?utm_medium=rss Remembrance Day should be a National Holiday- No ifs, ands or buts about it! People have and are fighting for our Country, the least we can do i honour that! Considering family day is now a holiday... Open your eyes to the really picture and use your brain to perceive it!

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:36:15 UTC 6497542 Mrs Jamie Arsenault [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6496468?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:26 UTC 6496468 Mr Loc Ho [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6496104?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:40:22 UTC 6496104 Anonymous [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6495961?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:53:27 UTC 6495961 MR Christian Chan [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6495940?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:47:58 UTC 6495940 Ms. Liz Sullivan [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6493623?utm_medium=rss I would like to see a Rememberance Week, which focusses on education and awarenness for our history. with a National Holiday in the mist to attend events.

Our soldiers deserve no less.

]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:54:43 UTC 6493623 Jeff Pimm [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6490650?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:32:29 UTC 6490650 counsellor suzanne gilbert [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6490157?utm_medium=rss Remembrance day should be declared a national holiday in honour of the men that has fought for our country. It is the least we can do to show our appreciation

]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:50 UTC 6490157 Mr Chris Gibson [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6489834?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:50 UTC 6489834 Mrs. Shirley Menyes [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6488401?utm_medium=rss To give one's life for one's country is the ULTIMATE sacrifice! It is the LEAST we can do as Canadians, to honour these brave individuals with a National Holiday of Remembrance!! Get on the ball, Canada!!!!

]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:07:36 UTC 6488401 Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6480276?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:35:44 UTC 6480276 Andrew Robinson [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6480084?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:23:41 UTC 6480084 Dr. Samantha Arnold [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6478900?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:14 UTC 6478900 Mr Sean Norris [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6478356?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:57:14 UTC 6478356 Mr. Tom Wilson [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6478256?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:25:53 UTC 6478256 mr d himel [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6478122?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:34:52 UTC 6478122 Mr. Brendan Sack [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6477998?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:06:41 UTC 6477998 Mr. Paul Pryce [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6474734?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:39:38 UTC 6474734 Mr Glenn Townley [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473690?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:18 UTC 6473690 Wiesje Henderson [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473531?utm_medium=rss Citizens of Canada in every province and territory, public servants and private sector employees alike deserve to honour the memory of those brave men and women who died and continue to serve for this wonderful country. Make November 11 a National holiday!

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:48:56 UTC 6473531 laura choquette [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473430?utm_medium=rss of all the holidays I think this one is important for the families of these people that we have an opportunity to get out there and show we care I had to work untill 8pm so I couldn't go to any gatherings for this.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:59:12 UTC 6473430 Mr. Greg LeGros [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473424?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:56:11 UTC 6473424 Ms. Athena Maikantis [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473419?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:55:09 UTC 6473419 Mr Barry Murphy Cd2, UN,and Nato [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473266?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:50:32 UTC 6473266 Ms Kirsten Rohloff [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473232?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:39:04 UTC 6473232 Mrs Sylvia Melbourn [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473213?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:29:20 UTC 6473213 Ms Ann Mayberry [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473110?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:56:08 UTC 6473110 Mr David E. Williams [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6473104?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:54:19 UTC 6473104 Mr James Martin [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472941?utm_medium=rss They saved our Nation!
The least we can do is give them a National Holiday!

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:10:36 UTC 6472941 Mr Allen Chalifoux [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472909?utm_medium=rss Its High time our govt honoured the men and women of Canada who paid the price for our freedom and our ability to stand on the world stage and say "we Are The best country in the world" Lets never forget our veterens past and present. They deserve more than 2 minutes silence once a year.
Lest We Forget!!!!!

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:01:30 UTC 6472909 Mr Aaron MacLean [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472837?utm_medium=rss They did our fighing for use before our time.. Now it time to honer then with a holiday before there are none left..

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:40:41 UTC 6472837 ms rachel urquhart [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472750?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:13:14 UTC 6472750 Miss Sandra George [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472690?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:53:14 UTC 6472690 Mrs. Allison Kerswell - Cass [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472621?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:37:33 UTC 6472621 Mr Matthew Timler [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6472345?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:30:01 UTC 6472345 Ms Lavinia Sharp [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471672?utm_medium=rss I've never understood why we haven't had the day to reflect. The sacrifice of life, limb and emotional well-being, to defend freedom is too profound. A small nod of thanks and silence at 11am doesn't begin to encapsulate the debt we civilians must honour... nor the ongoing horror of war.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:12:31 UTC 6471672 Ms Lynne Tyler [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471520?utm_medium=rss They stopped their lives for us, it's only fitting we stop ours for one day for them

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:42:18 UTC 6471520 Mr. Christopher Kinnear Hunter [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471505?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:39:49 UTC 6471505 MS. Charmaine Hamp [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471416?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:19:13 UTC 6471416 Mr. Cameron Davies [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471325?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:54:11 UTC 6471325 Mr. Joseph Stonehouse [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471199?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:19:32 UTC 6471199 Mrs Letelle Spezowka [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471142?utm_medium=rss We should honour this day in memory of our Veterans.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:04:51 UTC 6471142 Mr. Lee Ahenakew [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471126?utm_medium=rss Good idea Sender. Maybe a day that everyone thinks about our fallen soldiers will raise awareness of the cost of war so that in the future we carefully consider where the sacrifice of men and woman's lives will get us vs. other alternatives.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:55 UTC 6471126 Anonymous [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471059?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:43:33 UTC 6471059 Mr D Currell [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471003?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:22:49 UTC 6471003 Ms Bonnie Rush [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6471000?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:21:54 UTC 6471000 Mrs Kathleen Marshall [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470999?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:21:52 UTC 6470999 Miss Céline .S. Sauvé [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470991?utm_medium=rss Because things are business as usual on November the 11th, I was unable to even visit the minor ceremony at Nipissing University as I was in class at the time.

At least we had the 2 minutes of silence, but I, personally, like to be able to pay my proper respects at the cenotaph.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:19:35 UTC 6470991 Chris Tengelis [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470915?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:55:09 UTC 6470915 Mr Anonymous [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470907?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:52:03 UTC 6470907 Anonymous [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470805?utm_medium=rss it would be a very wel deserved token of our appreciation

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:20:02 UTC 6470805 Ms Karin Chang-Kue [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470711?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:54:41 UTC 6470711 Mr Ian Simpson [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470526?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:05:17 UTC 6470526 Mr Greg Poirier [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470455?utm_medium=rss Living in NS (where this is a holiday) I cannot believe that people in other provinces aren't able to show the same respect for our forces.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:42:18 UTC 6470455 mr Davide D'Alessandro [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470015?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:40:50 UTC 6470015 catherine goss [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6470002?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:35:52 UTC 6470002 Loriann Herchuk [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469855?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:35:56 UTC 6469855 ALLEN VIEGAS [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469507?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:55 UTC 6469507 Melissa Brown [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469479?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:28 UTC 6469479 mr john connor [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469397?utm_medium=rss least we forget, no other individuals have put their lives on the line like these men and women did. we should never forget what they did for us and it should be remembered as a national holiday

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:20 UTC 6469397 Ms Rebecca Smyth [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469358?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:06:15 UTC 6469358 Mr. William Gardiner [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469303?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:46:24 UTC 6469303 Paul Tunks [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469279?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:36:44 UTC 6469279 Mr. Curtis Puncher [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469273?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:34:38 UTC 6469273 Mr. Brandon Cook [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469233?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:17:17 UTC 6469233 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469205?utm_medium=rss It's about time we brought this back for all Canadians to mark this very important day.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:22 UTC 6469205 Ryan Connor [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6469174?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:46:47 UTC 6469174 Mr. Ben Russell [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468910?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:54:14 UTC 6468910 Rosalyn Butterfield [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468828?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:20:33 UTC 6468828 Ms Jennifer Foden [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468768?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:01:12 UTC 6468768 Ms. Jacqueline Foster [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468666?utm_medium=rss Why did it take up to the year before we withdraw troops from Afghanistan to push schools to strongly educate the children on the importance of Remembrance Day? Why is this year more attended than numerous years before hand? This SHOULD be a holiday and a day of Remembrance for all in Canada.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:29:53 UTC 6468666 Mr Shaun Salikin [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468652?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:25:27 UTC 6468652 Mr. Desi Codinera [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468632?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:18:10 UTC 6468632 Mr Denis Connor [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468590?utm_medium=rss Well deserved. Constant reminder

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:04:55 UTC 6468590 Ms. leslie fritz [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468587?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:03:41 UTC 6468587 Mr John Dearing [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468531?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:49:58 UTC 6468531 Anonymous [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468511?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:46:56 UTC 6468511 Ms Natasha Dubois [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468427?utm_medium=rss This petition should be carried out by the government in making it a bill.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:26:59 UTC 6468427 Mr Anonymous [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468399?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:20:25 UTC 6468399 Sean Connor [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468284?utm_medium=rss Our Veterans risked their lives for our freedoms, the least we can do is take the day off work to show out appreciation and respect.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:58:51 UTC 6468284 francis montagnese [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468262?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:54:37 UTC 6468262 mr stanley miller [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468233?utm_medium=rss this should be a holiday so that we can properly honor our war heros.
lets make it for everyone not just government emploees.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:46:43 UTC 6468233 MRS DARLENE LESSARD [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468215?utm_medium=rss I, the undersigned, submit that the Canadian Government, without delay, should take action to bestow upon them the full State honours they earned, in the form of a National Day of Remembrance by Federal Statute to be held every year on November 11.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:43:16 UTC 6468215 Mr. Ryan Grundy [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468214?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:43:05 UTC 6468214 ms cynthia armishaw [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468209?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:42:33 UTC 6468209 Ms Linda Sheridan [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468204?utm_medium=rss My father was a WWII veteran serving Canada in France, Belgium & Holland. Because I do not work for a bank or government office, I missed the Commemorative services this morning, as in many years past.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:41:08 UTC 6468204 Charles Lee [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468161?utm_medium=rss It really sucks when you have a class and you can't attend the memorial but you can hear the cannons firing which disrupts the class so much. SO ANNOYING!!!!!!

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:32:13 UTC 6468161 dakota lloyd [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468156?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:31:10 UTC 6468156 Mr Kevin Arnold [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468154?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:31:09 UTC 6468154 Ms Anonymous [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6468152?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:30:16 UTC 6468152