Canada

Agree with the sentiment but these online petitions are worthless in my opinion

Some good analysis on why having summer time as the permanent time would be good for safety

https://drivingintherealworld.com/turning-back-time-a-strike-against-pedestrians-literally/

Join the petition to ask the Canadian government to adopt Daylight Time all year round.

I ask the Canadian Government to finally stop Daylight Saving Time and enact Permanent Standard Time.

So uhh.. which is it?

I want the current time (DST) forever and will sign accordinly

Good initial, but why not do a proper Citizen Petition in your state instead of a scam for profit website?

I think the whole world just adopt a single time. We'd just get used to midday being 9pm and eating dinner at 2am. No more time zones to worry about.

Honest question. Can someone tell me of any time an online petition actually amounted to change in the real world?

I just hate how in Toronto the sun comes up/goes down an hour too early year round

This won’t change that though, I need to live at the western edge of a timezone

I'll respectfully say, "NO".

It would hurt my physical and mental health more to see the sun set at 7:30-8pm during the summer, and would benefit no one for the sun to come up at 4:30am in Toronto.

But from a population perspective, the idea for permanent standard time Canada-widel is flawed.

Sleep is more negatively impacted by people's phone use and caffeine consumption, not the time.

Car accidents are impacted more by phone use and distractions inside of cars; and the fact that large SUVs basically kill everyone. It's interesting to note that traffic fatalities in Saskatchewan (permanent standard time) is considerably higher than other provinces.

Heart attacks and strokes are 99% lifestyle-related: with diet and exercise being the most important factors. You might be surprised to hear that watching a live sporting event also contributes to heart attacks, but I'm sure nobody wants to ban hockey.

Also as an FYI, heart failure is higher in Saskatchewan (permanent standard time) vs Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, etc. (all have DTS half the year).

I appreciate the desire to reduce deaths and car accidents, but there are significantly better ways to do it.

IIRC didn't a recent prime minister (probably Trudeau) say that we would do it if the US also did it? I agree that DST is a mistake but I think doing it without coordination of the US would be cause fare more pain than benefits.

The EU also recommended member states to stop doing DST if I recall correctly. So it seems like if the US can be convinced the world would pretty quickly move away from DST.

On the other hand aren't the health concerns mostly bunk? I remember seeing a lot of studies that noted an uptick of various issues during a DST transition but closer inspection revealed that the vast majority of this effect was time-shifting of issues that were going to happen anyways. Basically if you were going to have a heart attack in the next week you will have it during the jump, but if you look at the week or month overall there was no statically significant change. I do admit that I am behind on research here though. Are there any well reviewed meta-analysis that are showing significant results?

Get rid of dst yes, not make it permanent.

No thanks. BC has super early sunrise in summer with Daylight savings, going back to standard time for summer would put the daylight starting about 3:30-4am

Each province should work out what suits their average day. BC we get 45 minutes more early morning sun, Ontario and East gets about 45 mins later sun.

Can we do it after they give me my hour of sleep back though? I suspect they'd just do it after the stupid "spring forward" and rob us of that precious hour

Join the petition to ask the Canadian government to adopt Daylight Time all year round.

I ask the Canadian Government to finally stop Daylight Saving Time and enact Permanent Standard Time.

Is the first line supposed to be Standard Time?