Interesting to see this coming from a member of the opposition after Kinew signaled disinterest in going down that road right now.
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British Columbia had a similar sequence of events play out last year
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/daylight-saving-time-change-bc-eby
2025-03-20
For several years, British Columbians have been tantalized with the promise of no longer needing to spring forward or fall back for the time change twice a year for Daylight Savings. Now, it seems they’ll be waiting even longer for this to become reality.
About one week ago, the B.C. Conservative Party, the Official Opposition, introduced a bill to stop future time changes in the province.
During that announcement, Eby was asked about stopping the time change, and his answer made it clear that it wasn’t necessarily a priority in light of other more pressing issues that have come up.
I wonder if the shift also had something to do with the elbows up movement. Because I remember a few years ago the BC gov was saying they’d only remove the time change it if they could get WA and other west coast states to agree to do it simultaneously so that there’d be no friction with trade