I'm fine with them throwing a survey on to Engage MB or something, but if they do, I hope they provide full information about the ramifications of each option. The poll that was done in BC was kind of bullshit.
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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What was wrong with the survey in BC?
It provided two options: continuing to change the clocks twice per year, or remain on permanent daylight saving time. Permanent standard time - which seems to be the scientifically preferable solution - was not one of the options.
The BC government is now using the results of this thing to say that permanent DST is what people wanted.
Interesting. I wonder why they didn’t give people another option.
It could be an overcorrection to the BC proportional representation referendum. The referendum contained, like, four different options for different types of proportional representation, with convoluted explanations for each of them. Most people found the ballot too confusing, so most people didn’t mail it back (it was mail in only, and something like less than 1% of BC residents responded) or just chose to keep things the way they were (presumably, in part, because it was the least confusing option). The BC government might be trying to make the survey as simple as possible to avoid another debacle like that.
It could also be that the BC government decided ahead of them that they’d go with daylight time for economic reasons. By increasing sunlight in the evening you increase the window of time where people are likely to engage in economic activity. There may have even been some lobbying efforts behind that decision, who knows.