Love it or hate it, the Province will be adopting permanent Daylight Saving Time when the clocks move forward one hour on Sunday.
While the decision has garnered mixed responses, it’s one that can be a great move for businesses if other provinces and U.S. states such as Alberta, California, Oregon, and Washington make the switch.
PG Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Neil Godbout said if we end up being the outlier, it’ll add another level of complexity, especially during winter in Prince George.
“For retailers that are open at 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning, the sunrise in December will be around 9:30 in the morning.”
“That’s not great in terms of most people whether they’re going to head to the grocery store, or something like that.”
Godbout said it’ll be interesting to see how that would affect shopping and businesses, noting the Chamber might look at adjusting its office hours.
He also mentioned a change like this could also affect other organizations and members of the public, such as schools.
Godbout said it might become a case of “be careful what we wish for” for B.C. residents who wanted this change, adding we’ll find out later this year exactly how they feel about it in practice.
He added this kind of change could bring significant unintended consequences for businesses and the broader community.
– with files from Emily Joveski, Vista Radio provincial news reporter
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