Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is criticizing what he is calling an “order” issued by judges forbidding employees from donning poppies while working in certain court facilities and has vowed to enact legislation, if necessary, to protect the rights of workers who want to wear the Remembrance Day symbol.
Houston said the so-called directive was issued by Nova Scotia judges who consider the poppy to be a political statement. He called it “disgusting” in a lengthy social media post, adding that the “judges who issued this order are wrong.”
“The poppy is not a political statement,” he said in the Nov. 6 post. “It is a symbol of remembrance and respect for the fallen and those who served and continue to serve our country.”…