Daylight saving time isn鈥檛 a very popular practice, if you check Linda Larson鈥檚 inbox 鈥� but that鈥檚 the wrong place to send your thoughts if you鈥檙e not in her riding, something she said she has had to remind numerous opponents.
Since introducing a bill last year to end the time changes, Larson said she has received dozens of emails from vocal opponents, as well as one supporter, of daylight saving time.
The Boundary-Similkameen MLA first entered her bill to end the unpopular practice in December, but that legislative session closed as of Feb. 13 this year, with the new session beginning later that day.
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鈥淪o I put it back on the floor, again, last week,鈥� she said with a laugh.
鈥淎nd I will keep doing that. It鈥檚 on the floor, obviously as a private member鈥檚 bill. And it鈥檚 sort of out of my hands from that perspective, other than, if people support the idea of stopping this idea of flipping back and forth, they need to contact their local MLAs or the government itself.鈥�
Larson said her strategy is to keep introducing bills to end daylight saving time until something passes, and she doesn鈥檛 appear to be alone in her drive to end the biannual time change.
鈥淭he Kamloops group that put together a petition of over 25,000 people, I know they actually have some meetings in Victoria coming up with ministers to promote the case,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 put it out there from the perspective of the government side, now it鈥檚 up to the public to continue the talk.鈥�
And Larson said she has seen the public doing just that.
鈥淭ons,鈥� she said of the support for the topic. 鈥淚 get (emails) from all over the place.鈥�
But Larson said emails sent to her office from outside of her riding are misplaced 鈥� after all, she doesn鈥檛 need convincing.
鈥淲hen I get one, I immediately say 鈥榩lease flip this to your local MLA and to the ministers,鈥欌�� she said.
When she first introduced the bill last year, the emails ranked in the dozens, and received 鈥渙nly a handful鈥� of new emails since introducing the second bill last week.
鈥淚 do know there鈥檚 huge interest in this topic, and I have yet to find anybody 鈥� I think I鈥檝e had one that wanted to keep doing it,鈥� she said. 鈥淪o, I鈥檓 going to say 85 to 90 per cent are very favourable.鈥�
When asked, Larson said she would not follow the suit of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who tweeted emails and messages from B.C. supporters of the oil fields sent to her office following the B.C. government鈥檚 proposal to halt increases in bitumen exports while studying the environmental impacts of bitumen in water.
鈥淣o, you know, people are pretty much behind this, and of course, it鈥檚 not just British Columbia,鈥� she said.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a huge movement right now to stop it, so I鈥檝e basically said to government 鈥楤.C. can be a leader, step up and do it.鈥欌��
dustin.godfrey@pentictonwesternnews.com
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