Cartoon by Steve Nease
The Canadian August long weekend is celebrated under different names all over the country:
It’s called Regatta Day in Newfoundland, Saskatchewan Day in SK, British Columbia Day in BC, Natal Day in Nova Scotia and PEI, Simcoe Day in Toronto, New Brunswick Day in New Brunswick, Colonel By Day in Ottawa, Heritage Day in Alberta and Joseph Brant Day in Burlington, ON. It is called Benjamin Vaughan day in the City of Vaughan, Ontario.
It’s Peter Robinson Day in Peterborough, Ontario where severe storms are expected to continue.
Except in Quebec, of course, where it is not a holiday.
Every day is a holiday in Quebec!
Are you syre today is not René Lévesque day?
My American business associates believe Canadians are perpetually on holiday.