On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 at 14:26, Davis Carlson via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
For those interested in the 2019 report that led to the tabling of this legislation, it can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20191103234633/https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uplo... .
Also worth noting, from page ii: "Slightly more than one-half of all survey respondents (54%) responded that it was important or very important for B.C. to be aligned with neighbouring jurisdictions in its time observance practices. Further, five formal submissions from organizations and experts identified alignment with other jurisdictions as a priority when considering any proposed change to year-round DST." Premier David Eby, when asked about this point during yesterday's press conference: "I think the situation on the ground has changed since 2019. I think that British Columbians were very interested, as was I, […in] trying hard to stay in line with the United States, trying hard to work in partnership with them, even understanding that the majority of British Columbians want this to change. And the situation on the ground has shifted. We're enabled to be a little bit more selfish in our decisions, what's best for British Columbians." Technically, Yukon (which made this change in 2020) is a neighboring jurisdiction! Though, as "[t]he survey sample was dominated by respondents from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast, and Thompson-Okanagan regions" — in other words, the south and southwest of the province — somehow I doubt that was the jurisdiction that was front-of-mind for many who made this point. -- Tim Parenti