By Canadian Press

B.C. tables time change law, but clocks still go back one hour Sunday

Oct 31, 2019 | 12:08 PM

VICTORIA — British Columbia has introduced legislation that would eliminate the need to change the clocks twice a year with the creation of Pacific time.

Attorney General David Eby says the Interpretation Amendment Act, if passed, would make daylight saving time permanent.

He says the impetus for the change comes from a recent provincial government survey where more than 93 per cent of respondents, or almost 225,000 people, indicated their support for a permanent move to daylight time.

But Eby says more consulting about the change is needed with its U.S. trading partners in the Pacific states of Washington, Oregon and California.

The legislation does not change the schedule for the next time change this Sunday, when clocks fall back one hour to standard time.

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Researchers at Simon Fraser University and others are lobbying the government to consider making standard time permanent in B.C., saying it promotes healthy sleep and provides more morning daylight. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31, 2019.

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