B.C.'s move to end time changes sparks cross-Canada conversation
CBC
British Columbia’s move to permanent daylight time has reignited conversations across the country about scrapping biannual time changes.
After B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday that most of the province will change its clocks for the last time this weekend, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said it’s time to consider following suit.
"Our government will take these recent developments under consideration and evaluate whether a similar change would be in the best interest of Albertans," she said in a statement Monday.
The province has mulled the measure before, even putting it to a referendum in 2021 that barely failed, with a vote of 50.2 per cent against to 49.8 per cent in favour.
Alberta is now sandwiched between two provinces that have abandoned time changes: Saskatchewan has used central standard time year-round since 1966.
But east of Saskatchewan, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he has more important things to focus on.
"Not right now," Kinew told reporters Tuesday, when asked about whether the province would follow suit, at an unrelated news conference.
It’s an issue that’s been debated time and time again across Canada.
Yukon moved to permanent daylight time in 2020 after a government survey found 93 per cent of respondents wanted to end seasonal time changes.
Ontario passed legislation that year to do the same, but with an important caveat — the change would only take effect if New York and Quebec did the same, to avoid complications with travel, business and trade.
Quebec has not budged so far, but a spokesperson for its justice minister said discussions are happening, and referenced a public consultation from last year that found 91 per cent of Quebec respondents wanted to end time changes.
The Northwest Territories found in a 2022 survey that 87 per cent of respondents wanted to do away with time changes, but they were relatively split on whether to stick with daylight or standard time.
A spokesperson for Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said any change would have to be aligned with the wider Atlantic region, but said Houston would raise the issue at his next meeting as chair of the Council of Atlantic Premiers. He didn't specify what he meant by that. But in 2022 the Atlantic premiers seemed to suggest it would be dependent on others in Eastern Canada and the U.S.
Atlantic premiers mused publicly in 2022 about adopting permanent daylight time, but said they would not pursue it unless others took the lead.
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