@canada Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?

If yes, what would you prefer: year round daylight savings time (an extra hour of sunlight in the evening) or standard time (an extra hour of sunlight in the morning)?

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Quebec here, I am still a bit hesitant and nuanced about this, the reason being that our winters are quite dark and really rough on our bodies, and I wonder how whatever amount of sunlight we receive would be impacted, and to our circadian rhythms.

Personally I prefer one hour sunlight in the evening, but that’s me, and I am not getting up early (7-8am).

I would rely on actual scientists versed in the matter here.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wake up earlier, or petition business or whatever it is to wake up an hour earlier/later. The time change isnt doing anything technically. It does mess with a lot of logistics and software however, so is a blight on businesses and record keeping.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Jesus, people are fucking obsessed with this.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I want global coordination on either 0 or whatever time changes done simultaneously.

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[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ontario already has legislation for this, but it's tied to I think New York and Quebec doing the same

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Quebec hasn't passed legislation, but they've agreed in theory to do it if Ontario and New York also do it.

So we're pretty much just waiting on New York.

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@prodigalsorcerer @tooclose104 that’s what BC was saying for a while. That they had to wait for the states in the Western US to do it. But eventually BC just pulled the trigger and did it without them

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't have much hope of it happening in Ontario with our current government. It seems too difficult to use in a way that enriches him or his buddies. Best we can hope for is it happening right before the next election in hopes that we ignore all the corruption and just think "hey, ~~buck a beer!~~ ~~$200 cheques!~~ no more time change!"

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

@prodigalsorcerer yeah speaking of corruption in ontario, duggies new legislation on FOI requests is actually wild. I hope that somehow manages to not make it thru

[–] RandomCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you’re interested, I can provide a research bibliography.

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

@RandomCanuck i would be very interested in that, thank you!

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[–] eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I am in favour. Don't care which one we adopt I just disagree with changing clocks all the time.

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