Permanent daylight saving time expands in Canada: ‘Gives residents what they’ve asked us for’

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Why do we still observe daylight saving time?

Why do we still observe daylight saving time?

(NEXSTAR) – Even more clocks across Canada will not “fall back” in November as permanent daylight saving time becomes the standard.

Last week, officials in the Northwest Territories announced they would no longer observe seasonal time change. It came less than a week after Manitoba officials said daylight saving time would become permanent.

In both cases, the government pointed to survey responses from residents.

“We heard from Manitobans loud and clear – no more changing the clocks in Manitoba,” Premier Wab Kinew said in a press release. Ninety-two percent of the nearly 72,000 residents who participated in Manitoba’s survey said they........

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