B.C. to introduce bill for eventual move to permanent daylight time

The B.C. government will introduce a bill on Thursday aimed at eventually making daylight time permanent across the province, ending the twice-yearly changes to and from standard time.

The government has confirmedit will introduce the Interpretation Amendment Act, which will pave the way for the long-expected move.

The bill will removean existing law about the twice-yearly clock changes and namethe permanent time zone Pacific Time.

But don't expect to get out of "falling back"this weekend.The clocks will still change on Sunday at 2 a.m.

Premier John Horgan previously suggestedB.C. will wait until similar efforts in other West Coast jurisdictionsmove forward.

Washington state, Oregonand California are still awaiting congressional approval and U.S. legislators have indicated that could take time, given everything else that's going on in U.S. federal politicsright now.

B.C. currently observes Pacific standard time during the winter monthsand Pacific daylight time during the summer months.

The province says this new legislation will not require areas of northern B.C. and the Kootenays, which currently observe mountain time, to make any changes.