And while we all honor Price, does it have to be a midweek holiday? For employers it's disruptive and for employees, it's like two Monday's in a week. So we asked the Minister, who has been known to put holidays on Mondays or Fridays in lieu of the actual day, why he didn't do so this time.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs "I don't know, there's two sides to that argument. Some people advocate for having the actual holiday on the day itself, which was Mr. Price's birthday. Usually when it falls on like a Tuesday or a Thursday it would be moved to a Monday or Friday. This one happened to fall smack dab in the middle of the week. And so, we decided to leave it there. But certainly if it were like a Tuesday or a Thursday, maybe moving it closer to the weekend to avoid the disruption is a good idea."
"I don't know, there's two sides to that argument. Some people advocate for having the actual holiday on the day itself, which was Mr. Price's birthday. Usually when it falls on like a Tuesday or a Thursday it would be moved to a Monday or Friday. This one happened to fall smack dab in the middle of the week. And so, we decided to leave it there. But certainly if it were like a Tuesday or a Thursday, maybe moving it closer to the weekend to avoid the disruption is a good idea."