End of time change still in works: Premier Horgan

British Columbia is still waiting for western U.S states to get on board with an initiative to end the twice annual practice of changing clocks.

Premier John Horgan told media at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Whistler, his government passed legislation in 2019 to make daylight time permanent, which would mean no more clock changing every spring and fall.

“We had hoped that Washington [state], Oregon and California would follow suit. Washington has put in place the appropriate legislative tools, as has Oregon. California, who started this, quite frankly, have been slow to the party,” said Horgan, who will step down as premier once his successor as NDP leader is chosen in December.

Horgan said the federal government in the U.S. is responsible for these types of changes, and there was a breakthrough last year, when the Senate voted to make daylight time permanent across that country by November 2023.