Time for Saskatchewan to Stop the Debate and Go with Daylight Saving

If the US is switching, and if Canada follows suite, Saskatchewan should start having Daylight Saving for the first time!! It is a good opportunity (with a lot of momentum) for the government to do the "right thing" on this issue.

The last time I heard of this issue in Saskatchewan (on John Gormley's show last February), the Calvert government still wants to do more "studies" on it.

Sometimes I wonder, how many "studies" does that government need to decide on such a simple issue?? To make things simple, the government should just pick to go with the Central Time (i.e. Manitoba).

Why??

(A very simple answer here:) Because this is a prairie province, and don't have many mountains. It just doesn't make any sense to go with "the Mountain Time" (i.e. Alberta.)


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U.S. moves to extend daylight time. Last Updated Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:52:22 EDT

The U.S. Congress has adopted a plan to extend daylight time by two months each year as part of a sweeping new energy plan.

(AP file photo / Daytona Beach News-Journal)

If U.S. President George W. Bush signs it into law, the plan means Americans would turn their clocks forward one hour on the first weekend of March, instead of April, and "fall back" on the final weekend in November instead of October.

Congress believes the extension would trim energy costs by cutting the need for artificial light in the evenings.

The change, due to take effect this autumn if Bush approves it, could cause headaches for Canadians during March and November, the two months the two countries would be out of sync.

Television and travel schedules could be affected, while the change could also mean implications for business operations between the two countries.

Canadian critics of the adjustment argue children will be walking to school in darkness while drivers may face increased morning black ice, which hasn't melted in the sun.

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