Alberta considering changes after B.C. moves to permanent daylight time
With B.C. announcing today that it will move to permanent daylight saving time, Alberta’s government says it is now reconsidering whether this province should follow suit.
In a statement to Daily Hive, Premier Danielle Smith said the move by B.C., along with Saskatchewan’s long-standing decision not to observe the time change, raises questions about consistency across Western Canada.
“With B.C. announcing this change today, both our neighbours to the west and east ā British Columbia and Saskatchewan ā will no longer have a time change. B.C. will now be using year-round daylight saving time, and Saskatchewan uses year-round standard time. This raises the question of whether Alberta should also move to end the time change to create consistency across the western provinces.”
“Our government will take these recent developments under consideration and evaluate whether a similar change would be in the best interest of Albertans.”
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The debate is not new in Alberta. In October 2021, a provincial referendum asked voters whether to adopt permanent daylight saving time. Of those who cast a ballot, 50.2 per cent voted to continue changing clocks twice a year.
But for now, Albertans are still set to “spring forward” this Sunday, when clocks move ahead one hour for daylight saving time before returning to standard time in November.
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A Reddit thread discussing B.C.’s announcement quickly gained traction Monday afternoon, with many Albertans yearning for the province to stop changing the clocks for good.
British Columbia Moves to Permanent Daylight Saving Time
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“Now let’s move Alberta to permanent mountain standard time, the same as Arizona, and now B.C., and be done with it,” the top comment read.
“Saskatchewan has long eliminated the time change, and now so has B.C. Yukon did as well,” another lamented. “For Alberta to be a holdout now would actually make things more difficult to work with our neighbouring provinces. The only appropriate thing to do now is for Alberta to also eliminate the time change.”
“Hate to see someone else living your dream,” cried another commenter.
“Iām not often jealous of B.C., but today I am greeeeen with envy,” one user wrote.
Do you wish Alberta would stop changing its clocks twice a year and move to permanent daylight saving time? Let us know in the comments.