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Business groups clock hurdles as time change comes to an end in some regions
Businesses and airlines are reworking schedules as 54% of Manitoba Chamber members backed permanent daylight time, officials said.
- Starting Sunday, most of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and parts of Ontario will adopt permanent daylight time, abandoning the traditional twice-yearly clock reset.
- Initially introduced as a wartime energy-saving measure, the twice-yearly ritual has faced a decade-long push for removal, with the British Columbia Chamber finding no compelling case to continue the practice.
- Keyli Loeppky, director of Alberta and interprovincial affairs at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, warns that "even small differences can affect their communication and shipping schedules and overall business operations."
- Airlines like Air Canada and WestJet are tweaking flight schedules to manage connection times, while Microsoft released Windows updates and Outlook guidance advising users to review recurring meetings extending beyond November 1.
- University of British Columbia economist Patrick Baylis warned late sunrises may impair sleep and productivity, though he acknowledged the policy's popularity, saying "those benefits are pretty easy to understand, which is why it tends to be a popular policy.
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Business groups clock hurdles as time change comes to an end in some regions
An annoying but fleeting point of friction for many businesses is being tossed aside this fall as parts of the country do away with the twice-annual time change starting Sunday.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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