Ottawa MPP asks Ontario to match Quebec on ending clock changes

Ottawa-Vanier MPP Lucille Collard is asking the Ontario government to coordinate with Quebec as both provinces consider ending seasonal time changes. Collard said on Oct. 30 that Ontario should adopt a permanent time system in partnership with Quebec, arguing that people who cross the provincial border daily for work, school, health care and family would otherwise face confusion.

Quebec's new government has said it wants the fall 2026 change to be its last, and Justice Minister Marie-Claude Sarrazin has announced plans to introduce legislation after consultations. Manitoba announced on Sept. 17 that it will adopt permanent daylight saving time starting Nov. 1, and on Oct. 13 Ontario said parts of its northwestern region, aligned with Manitoba, would also stop changing clocks.

The rest of Ontario, along with Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, still changes its clocks twice a year. Ottawa-Vanier-Gloucester MP Mona Fortier said in a scrum that Ontario "should be co-ordinated" with Quebec on the question. Not everyone agrees: Ottawa resident Céline Nadeau said she thinks the current system works and prefers to keep it.

Clocks in the province are scheduled to go back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1.