Vaughn Palmer: Pushing to make daylight time permanent without ticking off the masses

VICTORIA — For the longest time, British Columbia debated the annual ritual of turning the clocks forward an hour in the spring, backwards in the fall.
“Annual Battle Over Daylight Saving On,” was the headline in The Vancouver Sun 68 years ago this month. “Victoria favours 2 months, Vancouver 4, farmers none,” summarized the subhead.
The article went on to detail how Vancouver city council was prepared to establish longer evenings for four months, the rest of the pr