The Ontario government has tabled a bill that would pave the way to end bi-annual clock changes, moving the province permanently to daylight time. Reports from the Legislature Wednesday say the change would not happen until Quebec and New York State pass similar legislation. Stand-alone DST would make business and travel decisions chaotic. Thus it isn’t likely citizens will see a change soon. The move seems to be prompted by a backbench government member, Jeremy Roberts, an Ottawa MPP. His private member’s bill received second reading recently. The interesting DST map from Paul Egger on Wikipedia reveals DST as a largely North American and Western European phenomenon. Note how half of Australia has rejected the annual change while the other half still switches.
