The Start of Daylight Savings Time was yesterday.
Cliff Graydon, MLA for the Emerson constituency, is trying to end DST in Manitoba.
He’s taken this stance because people came to him and told him about a lot of negatives that come with it.
After extensive research, he’s working hard to get rid of DST.
According to Graydon, DST negatively affects the healthcare system, due to it messing up your sleep routine. Pills might not get taken when they need to as well.
He adds that MPI accidents spike, in 2014 there was a spike of 20% in the week following the switch.
Graydon says the education system gets a little messed up in the weeks following the time switch also because of sleep routine and that causes the learning to fall back a bit.
According to a poll on our Facebook page, 72% of the 354 voters think Manitoba should get rid of DST.
Graydon has a website called www.stoptheswitch.com. You can tell him your thoughts on the issue. The website will also let your local MLA know what your thoughts are.
