In the end, it doesn't change much either way. Whether I have to remind my business contacts in California that I am in Eastern Time or have to remind them that I start work at 8 while they don't start until 10 or whatever, there's still going to be differences in life and work schedules to work around. So I don't really care too much for the idea of the whole country being a single time zone. People are used to the current system. Getting rid of DST, OTOH, and running the whole continent on standard time year round would fix a slew of issues. And create a few, too. For instance, Indiana straddles Eastern and Central so only part of the start goes on DST, thus causing the entire state to be on the same clock for part of the year. And there's some time zone weirdness in the Southwest that I vaguely recall from my time vising Utah and Arizona. I think it is something like Arizona doesn't switch but the Navajo First Nation who have land in the North of the state (and own tourist sites like Monument Valley and Antelope Canyon) do.
Right now, I think we are stuck with DST in Ontario because it does not make business sense for us to change if Quebec and New York, two of our biggest trading partners, do not. And that's exactly what the law here is. We will change if they do.
Anyhow, this is probably a thread topic unto itself. Back to lounging around the coffee cart with my afternoon cuppa.
Raked, pruned, put yard waste out, and generally cleaned up the yard today. I guess this means we are ready for winter but there's one more yard waste pickup left in 2021 so we can always do more if needed.
Might need another coffee to mull this over.