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Ontario to Match U.S. DST Change
Devastator writes "CBC is reporting that Ontario will be the first Canadian province to change daylight savings rules to reflect the changes happening in the U.S in 2007. Attorney General Michael Bryant says 'the province's economy was the deciding factor and that if Ontario isn't on the same time as the United States, it will be hurt financially.'"
U.S. President George W. Bush signed on to the change in August as part of a massive energy bill.
Coming from a man who can only read digital clocks.
Just your everyday corporate code monkey.
they can change time itself.
Woe.
How we know is more important than what we know.
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Today the EU has pledged before the UN to create a new UN controlled Daylight Saving Time system. Emperor Bono of the EU declared this pre-emtive strike a hit back at US hegemony over Savings time.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
Wish the australian government would do the same, so that don't have to wake up stupidly early to make conference calls to the US East coast.
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Something about Canada prime minister 'Jean Putin' and Bush LOL.
Mayor of Bangalore says "that if Bangalore isn't on the same time as the United States, it will be hurt financially"
In Canada, currently the province of Saskatchewan doesn't observe it.
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Haha, funny, like there's _really_ a province called "Saskatchewan." That's hilarious. The last joke province name I heard was something like "Nunavut."
Canadians obviously have the best sense of humour.
You mean we have to wait until 2007 for this paltry half-assed extension of DST?
Ugh! Government moves real slow, doesn't it? Come the bird flu we are doomed.
We should adopt Double DST - as done in Europe in WWII. I don't mind geting up in the dark - hey, in the winter it happens whatever the clock says - but having lived in more northern latitudes I have to say that it is a PITA when it gets dark at 3:30 p.m. or so.
Yes, I know you guys in Alaska get nearly 24h dark in the winter. Sorry! Can't buck nature..
What is even dumber is whole "clocks changing" half the year standard time, half the year daylight savings time. It makes little sense today.
In other news, the World Will End At Midnight..... 12:30 in Newfoundland.
When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire
As a fellow BCian we trade a heck of a lot of with China. That is what.. 16 hours ahead? (correct me if I am wrong) and we have no problems trading with them.
Then perhaps the average Chinese trading partner are smarter than the average American counterpart?
I have finished this thread for you:
>It's not broke, don't fix it. (Score: 5, Insightful)
>>Yea but America controls it and I don't like America. (Score:4, Interesting)
>The Government is controlling too much stuff (Score: 4, Interesting)
>>We can just have some countries control it, then (Score: 5, Insightful)
>>>Rules are made to be broken! (Score: 5, Funny)
>>>>What time is it now? (Score 5, Interesting
>>>>>At least they don't bomb people! (Score: 4, Funny)
>>>>>>I hate Canadia. Ive never been there, but i hate it. (Score: -1, Troll)
>>>>>>>Arrogant Americans. Just like all Americans. All Americans are ignorant and generalize. (Score: 1, Redundant)
>I hate microsoft (Score: 1, Off-Topic)
>Canadian Weed (Score: 3, Interesting)
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It was as if Canada was ruled by America.
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What do you mean if ?
Or .. as it was referred to in Maine when I lived there for 20 years ... massive-two-shits. Some people called it tax-it-two-us, but since I worked in both states at different times, it seemed both of them screwed me equally as well.
I rarely read replies, it's my opinion and if you thought about your opinion a little more, I'm OK with that.
I think that DST is really good. Let's all do it all year round!
"Or even better persuade companies/ the stock markets/ banks to operate 8 till 4 instead of 9 till 5."
My company came up with a novel solution along those lines. Our office hours are 8 to 6.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
My dad's friend was deep into a poker game in Canada, about 400 miles over the border, at a hunting lodge in the middle of nowhere. The worst thing that he could have said (and in fact did say) was "how am I supposed to care about losing if this stuff looks like play money?" But I'm sure you've heard Americans say that quite often.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
Canada conists of several states called "provinces." These include Extremely Upstate New York, Really North Dakota, the Pacific North by Northwest, Niagra Falls, and Quebec. Saskatchewan is the Eskimo word for Really North Dakota.
Vuja De: That sinking feeling that this is going to happen again. Often occurs in meetings with Product Managers.
so the factory calls them first. No answer -- it's an hour earlier in Ontario, so the warehouse office is closed. Guess who gets the order?
Oh my god, you're right---and that scenario must happen at least, what 1--2 times a year?! 10's, if not 20's of dollars could be lost!! Surely an excellent reason for millions of people to change their lifestyles!
Canadians take note: you risk the complete loss of the incredibly lucrative industry that relies on emergency, last-minute blivet purchasing by morons who don't understand time zones and can't wait a hour!
Two tourists from the south (country unknown) got lost in the Canadian prairies. They saw a town, but didn't know what it was. They decided to ask a Canadian who was nearby plowing his field. "Can you tell me what town that is?". The reply came, "Saskatoon Saskachewan". "Drat, they don't speak English," one tourist said to the other.
(OK, it works better verbally.)
> Just compare Montana and New Jersey, or Upstate NY and NYC. Lights = crime. Well, that is one well-thought out argument. I am sure you were very successful in fighting for less light also.
How can we going to agree on what time the meeting is, when we don't know which side of the continent it's on? :)
24/7/365? Is that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 weeks a year... Talk about messing with time.