Could the bubbling trade between Canada and the United States produce a situation where British Columbia and Washington State are in different time zones?
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of British Columbia, David Eby, was pushed to the lasting question of whether British Columbia should stop changing its clock twice a year by keeping summer time or standard time all year round.
Under the former Prime Minister John Horgan, the British Columbia NDP government has adopted legislation allowing the province to end the change of time, but the measure has never been promulgated.
Indeed, British Columbia sought to align the change with the courts along the west coast like Washington and California and avoid commercial disturbances.
Changes in the United States were blocked by the inaction of the congress in the file.
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“My usual answer is that our biggest trading partner and our group of people we want to stay in tune has not yet changed clocks,” said Eby.
“But yes, it is open to the new world in which we hold on our two feet as a province related to everything, including time zones,” he finished with a little laugh, before adding: “I will think about that one.”
Given the humorous tone of the answer, British Colombians can be stuck to change their clocks for a while to come.
But British Columbia would have a neighborhood precedent if it decided to do it alone.
In 2020, residents of Yukon advanced their clocks for the last time, Switch to the permanent summer time of daylight Following a very popular public consultation.
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