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1. Whether we will get a national holiday declared for September 19th or not is still under discussion but only for federally regulated industries. If it does happen it will only be government workers that will get that will get the day off, the rest of Canadians would only get that time off if the Provinces declare it a holiday as well.
2. I haven't seen anything saying Parliament was being suspended yet.
3. There really isn't any substantive movement to separate Canada from the Monarchy as the majority of Canadians are okay remaining within the Commonwealth, according to the last poll which was taken before the Queen's death. There has always been a small rump group wanting to pull us out and they may start making noises again now that Charles is King.
4. Yes, Stephen Harper asked the Governor General to prorogue Parliament in 2008, just shortly after the federal election where his party didn't win enough seats to become a majority government and the other main parties, the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc, had agreed to vote together against the Conservative budget and bring down the Conservative government. The Governor General agreed to prorogue Parliament until January 2009. Her decision was certainly controversial but nothing was changed wrt the GG because of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Canadian_parliamentary_dispute
Edited to add: We are to have a federal holiday on September 19, the federal government is working with the Provinces on the details, etc.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/queen-funeral-national-holiday-or-not-1.6580582
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