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You might find this Canadian article interesting:
Permanent Daylight Savings Time (DST) for British Columbia
Twice a year, in B.C. and in most parts of Canada, Canadians join with approximately 76 other
countries around the world and practice Daylight Savings Time (DST). Since 2007, the clocks
have moved forward on the second Sunday in March and then moved back on first Sunday of
November.
In 2007, the B.C. government received 4,300 submissions from businesses, individuals and

organizations and conducted a 4-week public consultation on expanding DST by an extra 3
weeks every year in order to align with the U.S. and other jurisdictions. The final tally showed
that 92 percent of respondents favoured DST and the extra hour of daylight during the evening
hours.
Currently, 78% of the world does not change time. In North America, only Saskatchewan,
northeast B.C. and Arizona don’t change time. Neither does other areas and countries, such as
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, India and most of Australia, South
America and Africa.
In November 2015, a petition was launched to Stop the Time Change in B.C. Within the 4
months during Standard time (Nov – March), the petition has obtained almost 25,000
signatures, raised awareness across Canada and definitely started the conversation. There was
a meeting held in November 2015 with provincial Ministers Terry Lake and Todd Stone to
discuss the petition and start the conversation within the B.C. Legislature.
In 2018 and 2019, California, Washington State and Florida have overwhelmingly passed state
legislature bills to remain on permanent Daylight Savings Time (DST). Oregon current has a bill
introduced, but not yet voted on. In the United States changing the time requires federal
approval. The states are now waiting for the federal approval to happen.
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Link https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/121/2020/03/Kamloops-Chamber-of-Commerce.pdf

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