Most Canadians have the chance to catch up on some sleep when clocks move back an hour Sunday, but an Ontario politician is optimistic it could be the last time for the country's most populous province.
Jeremy Roberts, who represents the constituency of Ottawa West-Nepean, tabled a private member's bill in October 2020 that would end the biannual time change in Ontario.
“I find it's just awful when you get home from work in the afternoon and it's already dark out and you feel you can't go out.” “When it comes to New York state, we have a lot of cross-border trade, but on top of that we also benefit from being in the same time zone as the markets in New York City, so we didn't want to do anything to disrupt that.”Legault has indicated to him, as well as publicly, that Quebec supports the idea of sticking with daylight time, Roberts said.
Last month, Albertans voting in a referendum narrowly rejected a switch to permanent daylight time. Psychologists with expertise in circadian rhythms had warned that the switch would mean some areas of Alberta wouldn't see the sun rise in the winter until about 10 a.m. De Koninck agrees that changing the clocks should stop, but suggests that sticking to daylight time year-round is the worst option.
“A lot of people would be going to work in the dark, which is the worst thing that could happen to your biological clock, because you need the exposure to daylight in the morning to start your internal clock.”
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