Ottawa police don't get paid holiday to mourn Queen
The Ottawa Police Services Board argued it was absurd for an arbitrator to award retroactive holiday benefits to police after the government declared a day of mourning for the late Queen — and a court agreed.
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![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, England, Thursday Oct. 15, 2020, to view the Energetics Enclosure and display of weaponry and tactics used in counter intelligence. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP) A person wearing a hat looks to the left.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6988996.1696603662!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/aptopix-britain-royals.jpg)
The Ottawa Police Services Board argued it was absurd for an arbitrator to award retroactive holiday benefits to police after the government declared a day of mourning for the late Queen — and a court agreed.