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To Be or Not to Be … that is the question (about Daylight Savings Time)


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/
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  1. AnonymousJuly 23, 2019 at 9:06 AM

    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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