A Kamloops woman who has been lobbying for clocks in the province to stop changing twice a year says British Columbia should have followed Yukon’s lead this past weekend.

Speaking on NL Newsday, Tara Holmes says instead of waiting for B.C. to take the lead and stop the daylight saving, the Yukon decided to not fall back to standard time this weekend.

“I’m really excited about this because this gives us a chance to really consult with them. There’s a friend of mine who works in morning radio up there and I’m really going to check in with him through the next year to find out how they are doing up there now that they have abolished the time change,” she said.

“I’m so happy for them.”

The change means that clocks in Yukon are now an hour ahead of B.C., until next March when daylight saving time returns.

“Mr. [John] Horgan really did a lot of public consultation and for that much we are appreciative, and then he even went up to the Yukon and he met with the Premier there, Sandy Silver. They announced that when B.C. stops the time change, they will follow. Well, lo and behold, kudos to Sandy Silver, I’m so excited for the Yukon, they pulled the trigger,” Holmes added.

Holmes says that move shows that B.C. did not need to wait to ditch the twice annual time change in coordination with Washington, Oregon, and California.

“Last year they had an impeachment in the U.S., they got a bit of an election happening right now, and they’ve got fires that are happening,” Holmes added, noting the issue doesn’t appear to be pressing the United States.

“I’m hoping that he does not just leave this bill sitting there without enacting it. I just hope that a year from now we won’t be falling back. We got to keep the pressure on him.”