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Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds
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Regardless of the outcome of the US elections, I hope this makes the Canadian government realize that it needs take a more independent stance from the US in terms of its policies. Because right now our politicians don’t even want to change the daylight savings time policy without US states agreeing to it at the same time.
DST changes make sense. Why would Canada switch to a different clock system than our largest trading partner and neighbour? All hell would break loose.
I understand where you are coming from but I don’t think it would be that bad. I mean if I recall correctly even within the US there are some areas that use daylight savings and some that don’t. And Canada switching would encentivize the US to switch.
This has been an ongoing issue/argument for years now and I think you're giving more power to Canada than we have. America doesn't listen to us on anything. In fact we don't count, except to support the US in whatever it chooses to do. And when we don't they often bring up the fact our military warhorse is a pittance of America's and we should be spending billions on building it up instead of having universal healthcare and an active social safety net.
I agree. The US doesn’t listen to us and if they go all fascist we shouldn’t listen to them either. Regardless, we should endeavour to set an example for them to follow. Whether they follow it or not is up to them of course.
How so? We're doing just fine in Saskatchewan.
You know why Saskatchewan doesn't do DST? No one wants an extra hour in Saskatchewan. (Joke from my uncle in Saskatoon)
Honestly it's a non issue because there are also US states that don't follow DST so literally nothing would happen.
Damn the naysayers. Let's dump Daylight Savings Time.
Ha! And technically, SK is always on DST. Solar noon is around 1pm rather than noon, so I get the gripes from those on DST.
Many don't want to lose that sunlight outside working hours, so I think just keeping everyone on DST would be the best solution. Have timezones set so solar noon is closer to 1pm clock time.
Fair point. :D
I don't like having morning sunlight pulled from me only to gain those sunlight hours in the evening when I don't care for it. I really enjoy morning light much more so than evening light.
My dogs also hate it because they have no idea why I'm feeding them 1 hour later than usual.
True. Up here there's not much sun in winter anyway, so shifting back wouldn't really be of much benefit. Sunrise is 9:02 today. Sure, it could be 8:02, but sunset would then be at 16:14.
Wherever you live in Canada most of the US is in a different time zone than you anyway. Somehow companies have figured it out.