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I'll respectfully say, "NO".
It would hurt my physical and mental health more to see the sun set at 7:30-8pm during the summer, and would benefit no one for the sun to come up at 4:30am in Toronto.
But from a population perspective, the idea for permanent standard time Canada-widel is flawed.
Sleep is more negatively impacted by people's phone use and caffeine consumption, not the time.
Car accidents are impacted more by phone use and distractions inside of cars; and the fact that large SUVs basically kill everyone. It's interesting to note that traffic fatalities in Saskatchewan (permanent standard time) is considerably higher than other provinces.
Heart attacks and strokes are 99% lifestyle-related: with diet and exercise being the most important factors. You might be surprised to hear that watching a live sporting event also contributes to heart attacks, but I'm sure nobody wants to ban hockey.
Also as an FYI, heart failure is higher in Saskatchewan (permanent standard time) vs Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, etc. (all have DTS half the year).
I appreciate the desire to reduce deaths and car accidents, but there are significantly better ways to do it.
We could keep the summer time. 😁
A.K.A. keeping things as they are. 🤗
Jokes aside, it looks like the petition is for permanent Standard Time and not DST.
If it were for the latter, it would be problematic as the sun would rise past 9 am in some places for many months out of the year, putting kids and commuters at greater risk.
Really, keeping the thing as it is sounds like the lesser of the three evils.
We have dark winter months in BC either way. But sticking to Standard time all year would put summer month sunrise near 3:30- 4am out here, as we already have bright daylifht at 4:30-5 am in the summer. It would suck to have super early morning and then lose an hour at end of day
Areas with a 9am sunrise could start school at 10am
That would force parents to either start work late (good luck with that) or paying more for daycare. Not to mention that kids would be coming home closer to evening rush hour, which would be more dangerous for them.