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We will still spring ahead. The proposed private members bill (Bill 205) to abolish DST failed to pass on April 9 2019. The bill DID NOT become law!  
 
https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/hansard/41st_4th/vol_36a/h36a.html?fbclid=IwAR0fX00e3Y6q9Yw7Txkb95_YLUft30CNfATgLeI9G7idWa7lGh8yAnfp1HY

I thought I read something in November of last year that states we will no longer be changing the clocks in MB. Did this change? Anyways, thx for the heads up

there are some who miss read how a bill becomes law. Just because it was proposed didn't mean it's automatically law. Many find the proposed change online and think it's law.  
 
https://web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/41-4/b205e.php?fbclid=IwAR2zYteJhOvX4Vw9g-8S3iXzlU2bBZw4tFGQqnC5xsNwcauPlSzeGcXK6Jw  
 
I for one glad it did not pass. I really don't want the Sun setting at 7:30 pm in late-August.

To see what the Sun set and rise time would be like without DST, remove an hour from the times. Come late August, if we stayed on CST like Saskatchewan, the Sun will set at 7:30 pm.  
 
And if you were to compare the difference between Brandon and Winnipeg you will also see the difference in times. The difference between Winnipeg and Regina would be greater and greater yet if you look at Winnipeg and Swift Current.  
 
June  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=6&year=2020  
 
Without DST, at the Solstice, the Sun would be rising at 4:30 am.  
 
July  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=7&year=2020  
 
August  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=8&year=2020  
 
September  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=9&year=2020  
 
October  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=10&year=2020  
 
November  
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=11&year=2020

and stay! Would much rather have daylight longer in the summer! Who needs sunlight at 4:30 a.m.??

you will have the Sun rising at 9:30 am in December, the opposite problem.

Can't win then?

DST does though.

Meet in the middle and permanently move the clock 30 minutes and then leave it.

I have no problem at all with the time changes 2 times a year. Those who complain about it-i bet that you have no problem staying out late, getting to bed late, one evening g here and there, and probably you and the kids.sleep in one morning here and there, and you cope with that just fine. It is the exact same thing, except the ti.e change is forced on you and those other times is your choice, because you chose to do it.  
 
If we have to stay on one ti.e all year then I choose daylight savings time. I can cope with dark until 9:30 am but simply do not want dark at 7:30 pm in August.

It's not beyond my capability to change a clock! LOL  
 
I'm glad it didn't pass. I love the late evening daylight during summer. I say leave it the way it is.

I for one hate time. Ha he with a passion. I work with little people who are all on a very set schedule. Time change affects us for a good 2 weeks both times. I hate it.  
 
Personally would love it to spring ahead and stay put. Sun rise at 9:30 in December?! Who cares it’s December. Lol

I have lots of little people, and it usually only takes them a day or two to adjust.  
 
The dog, on the other hand...

If this is true that we still have to change our clocks in Manitoba how come there hasn’t been any official announcement or advertising on the news about changing our clocks ahead 1 hr. In the spring of 2020. We were all told that November was the last time change.

Do you have any proof to back up these claims they were telling us it was the last one? A link to an online news article. Anything?

Bill was defeated in April 2019!! Other than people online claiming it went through which was not true. The government also never said nothing about it being last because the bill was defeated.  
 
You probably saw the proposed change and saw news articles about the proposed change.  
https://web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/41-4/b205e.php?fbclid=:IwAR2lriqTmKf3w0PPZFREeCTRQ6DNMES68-aoaW9gQ63L5b1jqlK8VVFCm0Q  
 
Edited by Trevor B, 2020-03-02 07:17:28

I'd rather have sun later in the summer, think of camping.. I am all for keeping the time change.

I’m also glad it didn’t change....I love summer nights with later sunlight. I find the day after worse than the first night but nothing unmanageable. I also work with little ones and it takes them maybe 1-2 days to adjust but they manage just fine.  
 
For those that have a hard time adjusting, try to take a couple day’s to a week before to prepare by adjusting your schedule by 15 minutes or so.

I love daylight savings time, I actually wish they would move the time ahead and leave it that way. I have googled it and Manitoba move ahead on March 8th and goes back November 1st.

There was no such announcement, just a private member's bill, which is just a proposal, not an actual provincial act. We change our time the same time each year, so why would an announcement be warranted?

I would rather it be DST all the time than not. Either leave it alone, or don't change it back. IMO anyway.

failed to pass already, the chances of another bill saying staying with DST is also very unlikely.

I don’t think the world needs any different time (clock settings) zones at all. EVERYBODY around the world could be on the same time. 2:00 everywhere at the same time. Every zone would have its own “Business” hours and zones could be broken up more to suit population centres. For example, Montreal may have business hours of 8:00-17:00, Manitoba would have business hours of 7:00-16:00, Alberta 6:00-15:00 and so on. They would still be based on the “daylight” portion of the 24 hr day. I suppose you could adopt ‘summer’ hours vs ‘winter’ hours but there may not be a need to do that. The difference would be you could get rid of provinces or states (or, in cases, portions of a province or state) that opt out of DST and be more consistent with planning events based on daylight without changing your clock. I don’t see that, for the most part, there would be much involved in switching to such a system. Al lot easier to calculate flight/travel times etc. Names for the Time Regions or Zones could essentials stay as they are.

Never will happen.

Not with that attitude....but it might work, although your list of reasons for it not to work is very convincing. I’ve been blamed for thinking outside the box before.

going to Universal Coordinate Time would be great, but think getting everyone to agree to Standard Time Zones what a challenge back then. Today seems more impossible.

when I was working when I was young. If you worked the spring ahead night. You only still got paid for 8 hours even though it was 7 hours.  
 
in the fall you only got paid for 8 hours even though it was 9 hours.  
 
hopefully rules about that now.  
 
they would tell us that we would make it up in the next season clock change which was bull unless we happened to be working that shift.  
 
I really hope times have changed and people get paid for the hours they worked.

Glad it didn’t change, I love having daylight for the nice summer evenings. Its nice to come home and have a few hours of daylight after being stuck inside all day, especially when you hate your job to begin with lol

According to this article, March 8/2020 will be the LAST time change for Yukon.  
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-end-seasonal-time-change-1.5486358  
 
Could we be next?

who still need confirmation that Private Members Bill 205 did not pass. It was defeated 34-5, recorded vote taken on April 11, 2019.  
 
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https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/41st/4th/votes_038.pdf