The Quebec government says it wants to hear from Quebecers about the possibility of scrapping the twice-yearly time change.
Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the time change has a number of negative health effects, especially on children and teenagers.
The minister is announcing a public consultation that will last until Dec. 1, and says the government could then table legislation to abolish the practice, but he didn’t say whether the province would prefer to scrap daylight time or make it permanent.
Most Canadians are set to turn their clocks back an hour early on the morning of Nov. 3, and will set them forward again on March 9, 2025….