I Remember. I propose Restitution Day.

Too bad the French and the British don't do anything above and beyond saying "thank you." Do they even do that anymore?

I really wish the PM would send the British and the French an invoice for "services" rendered in World War 1 and WWII. In today's universe, UN missions are really more about allocating resources then they are about "doing the right thing." So why can't we retroactively get the same thing.

At least the Dutch send flowers. Thanks for that - it drives tourism dollars in Ottawa.

Seriously- the cost savings associated with not translating text books into German alone should merit a check of some amount.

I can't think of a day in Canada that is more controversial. I respect our war dead and what they gave up for their country (or England/France, as the case may be), but we need to take a very serious look at changing what Remembrance Day is all about.

For example, a surviving French solider (living in Canada) who fought to defend his own land - and fought alongside Canadians who were reclaiming that land for the French - cannot march during the national parade. But, a conscripted Indian soldier who was ripped out of his life in Bangalore to support the defence of Africa can? God save our King.

That is an absurd example that proves a point- there is honour in war - no matter whose flag you fight under. Canada's example, while laudable, is starting to miss the point. The point should be that we should approach remembrance day as a rebuke of tyranny - not a celebration of what we and the Empire (irony, indeed) did to combat it.