OTTAWA — After a flood of angry comments, Veterans Affairs Canada staff found themselves working over the Easter weekend this year, scrambling to explain why one of the department’s social media posts didn’t actually mention the holiday.

The post on March 29 — Good Friday — wished people a “happy March holiday season,” <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;prompting hundreds of questions online&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/veterans-affairs-canada-easter&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/veterans-affairs-canada-easter" target="_blank">prompting hundreds of questions online</a> about what exactly constitutes the March holidays.

Internal documents reveal the Good Friday post wishing a 'happy March holiday season' had staff scrambling amid a flood of angry responses{ai:summary}<p>Veterans Affairs Canada sparks controversy over vague holiday post, working overtime to clarify. #society</p>

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