Twice a year there are discussions on whether or not there are benefits to time changes.
And twice a year, little but those discussions result.
Here we are at March 10th, the first day of Daylight Savings Time.
Yes, we "lost" an hour of sleep last night but it's Sunday, so few will care.
There appears to be considerable momentum along the West coast of our continent, with Comrade Horgan of B.C. writing a letter to the governors of Washington, Oregon and California because any change "would have significant impacts on B.C."
Like everything that happens in the United States, it appears to depend on what Congress decides.
But there seems to be some impetus, at least this time, to succeeding at nailing down the permanent Daylight Savings Time.
Some comments on the Global News online website were pro, some against, as was expected:
Dominik Wrona
Standard time (winter time) is the better
alternative to the construct of DST.
All these people that want Daylight Savings Time for the winter don't seem to realize this would mean sunrises at 8:30, 8:40 am... Waking up when it's pitch black is a lot harder than going to sleep when it's pitch black.
Standard time year round is the way to go
All these people that want Daylight Savings Time for the winter don't seem to realize this would mean sunrises at 8:30, 8:40 am... Waking up when it's pitch black is a lot harder than going to sleep when it's pitch black.
Standard time year round is the way to go
Leona Boisselle
Depending on where you are, it's dark
anyway. In the dead of winter, it's dark for my first hour of work.
Smart move.......who brought up this
boneheaded study that Horgan flip flopped on anyway? We live above the 49th
parrallel........hello?.....hate to think how much money was wasted on this
dumb idea?......letters to Governers of Wa, Or and Ca who don't even know where
Canada is or even care?......such a joke and typical of a govt that likes to
study stuff to death.
David Martin
So the US States need Congress to change
the legislation. I take it the Provinces can do this on their own?
Dominik Wrona
They only need Congress to permanently
install the energy-saving scam of Daylight Savings Time. If they opted to stay
in Standard Time year-round no Congressional approval is needed.
Such a waste, lost productivity as people
have to adjust their sleep. Awful for kids who can’t easily change their sleep
cycle
Chris Elliston
End the madness!
Wish the changing of the clock would stop.
We have electricity now!!!
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| Saskatchewan and the Peace River region of B.C. do not change time |
Our adult daughter, on Saturday at 6 p.m., changed her clocks--fully 8 hours too early--with the plan to "convince" her 5 year old son to go to bed earlier.
He learned to "tell time" recently.
Wonder if it worked...
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