The Canada Brief

Canada · 6 d ago

Parliament Building, Quebec City

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Quebec to table a bill to end the time change

Oct

31

Saturday

Quebec

Clocks go back overnight from Oct 31 to Nov 1, and a government source says it will be the last time.

2024 consultation

91 % against the time change

In a 2024 public consultation, 91 per cent of 214,000 respondents did not want the time change kept.

Earlier governments never acted, citing the gap it would create with American trading partners and the stock exchange. The government will hold short hearings with experts to decide between permanent daylight time and standard time.