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Prince Edward Island DST
Price Edward Island Island adjusts daylight
saving time
CBC News
reported December 7 2005 08:07 AM AST
| It was only a matter of time. Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is the
first province in Atlantic Canada to follow the United States in adding
an extra month to daylight saving time.
Premier Pat Binns said the change would take place in 2007, with
Islanders moving their clocks ahead one hour three weeks earlier in
March and rolling them back one week later in November.
The U.S. Senate approved the time-shifting strategy earlier this year
to save energy.
"When people get home in the evening, you know it's supper time and the
stove goes on. And of course if it's dark already then the lights are on
and it's just that much extra electricity being used," said Binns.
The time change will take place in March 2007
The premier said his announcement is even
a feel good one, at least according to the 266 people who took time to
e-mail the government about the idea of adding more daylight to their
lives.
"There are people who suffer depression in the longer winter months
and that extra hour in the evening of daylight would help to combat that
kind of depression."
Opposition leader Robert Ghiz said he likes the idea of a time shift.
But he's concerned about the way the public input was gathered. He said
the premier put too much weight in the opinions of the 266 web-poll
participants.
"I really hope that our premier is not so void of ideas that now he's
taken to web polls to decide how he's going to set a course for this
province."
Binns said the poll was just one factor. He said government could not
ignore the fact the United States had already made its decision.
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