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."
This issue comes up every couple of years and everyone thinks it’s the first time and just restates the same arguments. Google the many previous petitions and debates about this and you’ll find most people, including politicians, want to do away with changing our clocks but it’s not as matter of want. Paraphrasing the reason we haven’t: It would cause chaos for our trade with the US to unsync our time with them, too much to do it without them doing it too. It needs to be an international effort.
How come Saskatchewan is able to do it then?