Despite years of talk and public and political pushes to end it, B.C. and most North American jurisdictions move ahead one hour this Sunday for the beginning of daylight time.
That same year, then-B.C. premier John Horgan signed off on legislation that would end daylight time for good. Bills introduced in the U.S. Senate last year and legislation in more than half of the U.S. states have pushed the idea forward, but those have stalled — often because, as in B.C., ending the practice is contingent on neighbouring states doing the same.
The original idea was to save energy during the constraints of wartime, by having people use less artificial light in the evenings, and to boost productivity.
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