One particular group in BC was excited to hear that the Province decided to adopt year round daylight saving time.
Stop the Time Change has been on the go for more than ten years advocating that.
One of the Co-Founders, Tara Holmes, said she kind of knew there were some conversations and meetings going on because their Organization had done a lot of work on it and was requested for some data that they had compiled over the years.
Holmes said this is a non-partisan issue, it’s not something political and we started this campaign in 2015 when we under the Liberal Provincial Government.
“I think that what’s happened is some people are just afraid to get it going. I know in Alberta they just brought this up about a month ago, Ontario has been working on it, Quebec, so I wouldn’t be surprised in the next couple of years to hear some more announcements for sure.”
Holmes noted she was sure this was going to happen in 2019 when John Horgan contacted them, legislated the Bill, sent her the package and made the announcement.
“He went up to the Yukon to see if Sandy Silver was going to follow along and she decided to go ahead and do it. The Yukon stopped in 2020. When COVID hit I thought the time change might not happen for a long time. I think honestly because of the problems with Canada and the U-S I think this has really spurred this on. The idea before was to wait for Washington State, Oregon and California, but I think we’ve realized that we have to show that BC can stand on it’s own two feet.”
The move to adopt year round daylight saving time will also add an extra hour of evening light during the winter.
– story done by Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now staff
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