According to the BC government, record
numbers of British Columbians are sharing their views on whether the province
should continue observing daylight saving time.
Only a week into the engagement, more than
158,000 responses to the online survey have been collected.
“It’s clear there is no shortage of views on
how we should observe time in British Columbia,” said Premier John
Horgan.
“I’m very pleased so many people have already taken part in this
engagement to help determine the best way forward for B.C., and I encourage
everyone to take the survey and let us know what they think.”
Apparently, the response to the daylight-saving
time survey, which began June 24th, has exceeded that of several
recent initiatives.
As an example, in the seven days following
the launch of the engagement on cannabis regulations (nearly two years ago on September
25th, 2017) there were 19,291 British Columbians who completed that
particular survey.
The current survey with regards to Daylight
Savings Time, will be available to complete up to 4pm on July 19th
(see link below). The survey website includes background information on the
history of time observance in British Columbia and the impact of various
options, such as changes to the timings of sunrise and sunset at different
times of year.
The survey takes approximately five minutes
to complete.
In addition to the online survey,
organizations and individuals are invited to provide written submissions about
time observance, which impacts many key B.C. industries, such as agriculture
and transportation.
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE?
For additional information about daylight
saving time, and to complete the survey, visit: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/daylightsavingtime/
The only option on their survey was to remain on Summer Daylight Savings time all year round. There was no option to remain on the Standard Winter time all year round. I lived in the UK in 1968,69,70 when for three years we remained on the summer daylight savings time all year round. During the winter we went to school in the dark for several months, there was a huge increase in the accident rate with school kids and delivery trucks colliding. Up in Scotland sunrise didn't happen until 10am in Dec and January.! After 3 years we were all sick of it, and we went back to the time change. Sure if they don't want to change the clocks twice a year, stay on one time, but stay on the Winter time. But we don't get that option is the "opinion" survey, it is skewed towards the result they want. ( just like the proportional rep one was too !),
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