Join the petition to ask the Canadian government to adopt Standard Time all year round.
"Changing clocks twice a year is hazardous to your health. There are many studies showing that changing the clock and staying on Daylight Saving Time negatively impacts our circadian rhythm, causes increases in strokes and heart attacks, impacts people with depression and seasonal affective disorder and causes more car accidents.
I ask the Canadian Government to finally stop Daylight Saving Time and enact Permanent Standard Time. Even if one person is saved from having a stroke or heart attack or is saved from a car accident, it’s worth it. Support the health and safety of Canadians and set an example for the rest of the world.
Follow the scientific research. Do the right thing and not just the easy and uninformed thing. Don’t change the clocks. Leave them on Standard Time year round. Do not spring forward."
A.K.A. keeping things as they are. 🤗
Jokes aside, it looks like the petition is for permanent Standard Time and not DST.
If it were for the latter, it would be problematic as the sun would rise past 9 am in some places for many months out of the year, putting kids and commuters at greater risk.
Really, keeping the thing as it is sounds like the lesser of the three evils.
We have dark winter months in BC either way. But sticking to Standard time all year would put summer month sunrise near 3:30- 4am out here, as we already have bright daylifht at 4:30-5 am in the summer. It would suck to have super early morning and then lose an hour at end of day
Areas with a 9am sunrise could start school at 10am
That would force parents to either start work late (good luck with that) or paying more for daycare. Not to mention that kids would be coming home closer to evening rush hour, which would be more dangerous for them.