Opinion: Canada should recognize celebrations like Eid, Diwali and Lunar New Year as public holidays

By Rahat Zaidi, University of Calgary

“For Eid we have to call in sick and I don’t like that. You should have the day off school. And everybody gets a holiday….Not everybody celebrates it, people just want to have a day off. Having Eid, I fasted 30 days, like a month and I had to call in school and...