There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change — but the potential costs and risks of going it alone are holding up the move, say business and political experts.
Prof. Andrey Pavlov at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, B.C., is among those who support making the change permanent.
“I just worry if we’re the only ones who do it, that’s going to hurt us,” he added.
B.C. outlined a plan to switch permanently in 2019, but the legislation did not set a
