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A 2021 non-binding referendum in Canada's Province Of Alberta posed the following question: "Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which
by cf100clunk 5y ago
A 2021 non-binding referendum in Canada's Province Of Alberta posed the following question: "Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?" This confused a lot of voters, many of whom wondered why only the Daylight Saving Time option was given. This was therefore a leading question and pretty-well destined to fail. An ideal, neutral question would have asked whether the practice of changing clocks twice a year should be ended.
- jobigoud 5y agoA neutral question would have presented the 3 options: DST as done currently, permanent summer time or permanent winter time. Asking only about ending time changes is equally problematic. Some people would rather stay with the DST system than use winter time all year long for example.
- throw0101a 5y agoThe province of Ontario passed some legislation that made perma-DST the time system. It hasn't been implemented as it was conditional on the province of Quebec and New York state doing the same thing. I do not think there was any consultation with chronobiologists or other medical or scientific experts. * https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-214 https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament... * https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-daylight-savings-time-change-1.5817215 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-daylight-savi...