Ontario consulting on response to U.S. daylight savings policy

TORONTO, — The Ontario government has formed a committee that will look into the possibility of mirroring a U.S. policy that extends daylight savings time.
The Ontario Trucking Association reports that in response to a letter supporting full harmonization of Canada’s daylight savings time policy with the new US, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty indicated that the government has as yet no position on this issue. However, he’s asked the Honourable Michael Bryant, Attorney General, to strike an inter-ministerial committee to monitor the issue.

The plan — which would extend daylight savings in the U.S. by forwarding clocks one hour on the first weekend of March and rolling back an hour on the last weekend of November — was adopted by Congress. Currently, daylight saving begins the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October.

Headed by David Zimmer, Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General, the committee will “co-ordinate Ontario’s response, consult with Ontarians, and talk with our federal, provincial and municipal partners, as well as our U.S. neighbours.”