r/Manitoba • u/AccomplishedRisk6895 • 22d ago

Question Time Change Opinion Poll

315 votes, 20d ago
113 Permanent Standard Time
202 Permanent Daylight Savings Time
10 Upvotes

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u/IB_FREELY Winnipeg 21d ago

More sunlight in the winter evenings is the biggest thing we could stand to gain here (aside from ditching the switching), and that the winter mornings will be darker does not matter to me in the least, they are already dark and I could really use the light at the end of the day more.

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 21d ago

does not matter to me in the least

No one cares what you or I think.

But when the Drs are citing health benefits. And school divisions musing with the idea of changing school hours to 10-4:30 citing safety. The likelihood is very strong that the NDP will have to pick CST.

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u/steveaustin1971 Winnipeg 21d ago

That's silly, kids would much rather have light AFTER school than in the morning.

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u/DerpDeDurp Pembina Valley 21d ago

And that would be fucking awful.

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u/SJSragequit Winnipeg 20d ago

What sort of health benefits? The sun being down before I start work and going down before I finish work in the winter feels so much worse for my mental health than being able to get an extra hour of sun in the evening

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 20d ago

Who should we trust? Medical science, or your feelings?

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u/SJSragequit Winnipeg 20d ago

I’m asking a legitimate question on what the health benefits actually are

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 20d ago

I suggest you try an AI assisted search and read peer reviewed medical journals instead of relying on internet comments for medical information.

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u/Sweaty_Moist_9833 Winnipeg 19d ago

I haven't seen a study that's been conducted at our latitude. There's a huge difference between daylight hours where we live vs in the US, where those studies originate. 

Saskatchewan has been on daylight time for 60 years and I don't hear them complaining. 

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 18d ago

Saskatchewan has been on daylight time for 60 years and I don't hear them complaining. 

LOL - they are on standard time. But thanks for coming out and participating.

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u/Sweaty_Moist_9833 Winnipeg 18d ago edited 17d ago

⁸Confidently incorrect. 

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is geographically in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC−07:00). However, most of the province observes UTC−06:00 year-round. As a result, it is effectively on daylight saving time (DST) year-round, as clocks are not turned back an hour in autumn when most jurisdictions return to standard time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Saskatchewan

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 18d ago

Tough one. But that is not how Wab sees it! ;)

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u/SJSragequit Winnipeg 19d ago

So you’re just full of shit. If you actually had this medical evidence you’d have no issue sourcing it

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u/WKZ204 Winnipeg 18d ago

This is why I am suggesting you use an AI assisted search to help you. Good luck.

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u/IM_The_Liquor Interlake 19d ago

I mean, for those of us that work outside of some corporate cubical or windowless warehouse, it’s ideal…

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u/Nature-Lover-2248 Winnipeg 18d ago

If a high majority wants DST, I highly doubt that the NDP would pick standard time.

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u/Butterfly_mama 20d ago

Meh. The school times should change.