When the US changed daylight saving time to start 3 weeks earlier, Canada made a similar change.......?

Question

on the basis that to not keep the times in alignment would be harmful to Canadian industry, especially cross border trade and travel.

If Canada had decided to make the change, would the US have followed along on the same premise?

Answer 1

This particularly early change was due to the G.W.B's signing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The U.S. Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress.So, this being a U.S. study, Canada would not have initiated the change, but if they had, I doubt the U.S. would have followed along. Personally, it's a complete waste of time, no pun intended.

Answer 2

Canada wouldn't put forth such a silly policy. I am not sure how this is an energy saving incentive. I had to use my lights this morning for an extra hour when sunlight would have been sufficient light, had we not turned the clocks back. I guess it will balance out with me turning the lights back on an hour later tonight.

Um how is this saving energy?

Oh yes and to answer your question, NO. Canada actually has one more time zone than the USA and the USA has made no attempts to accept Newfoundland Time.

Answer 3

In 2005, Bush wanted a complete potential bill before the congressional recess in August of that year. gas expenditures were going up and a couple of congressmen, Fred Upton (R-MI) and Edward Markey (D-MA) determined that the U.S. could keep tens of thousands of barrels of oil an afternoon by technique of extending sunlight hours saving time. The reasoning became that oil is used to generate electricity and thanks to later sunsets on the clock, human beings does no longer favor to exhibit as many lighting fixtures on. That became their reasoning and it became connected to the potential coverage Act of 2005 that became signed into regulation on August 8, 2005. Congress gave us a grace era before the hot rule went into result to furnish agencies time to modify. the project with this extension is it truly is now unlikely to maintain potential in any respect because the help in evening lighting fixtures will be canceled out by technique of an boost in morning lighting fixtures because in March, damage of day isn't very early. With DST in result this time of the year, maximum folk are being compelled to awaken before sunrise. the dep. of potential has to document again to Congress by technique of December of this year on the consequences of the sunlight hours saving replace. If no potential reductions pan out, Congress could revert again to the former time table that they set again in 1986.

Answer 4

Who knows? I think it's a stupid idea to begin with.