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Looks like we are getting another public holiday. The liberal government announced today that starting this February Ontario will have it’s 9th holiday of the year. The third Monday of February will now be known as Family Day in Ontario.

What does that mean for us? Well obviously it means we get an extra statuary holiday per year. It also means the Liberals probably got a majority government because of the extra votes gained because of family day.

At the end of the day who pays for family day? Perhaps not you and I. Business owners are the ones stuck paying their staff for this holiday not the government. Will the government cut these business owners some slack? Probably not. This means that already struggling small business owners are going to suffer more.

I am glad I’m not in business. The liberals think that productivity levels will increase because of this holiday in February. If you’re like me you probably take advantage of long weekends to go out of town, do a bit of traveling or spend it with friends. When you return to work on the Tuesday after your probably pretty tired and not as productive. I’m not expert but that’s just my opinion.

That being said, thanks for the long weekend in February. I will most likely spend it snowmobiling.

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