Daylight Saving Time and ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1 and the practice may be on borrowed time if a private member's bill makes falling back and springing forward a thing of the past.
Bill 214 amends the Time Act to make the time now called daylight saving time the standard time year-round. Ottawa West – Nepean MPP Jeremy Roberts tabled The Time Amendment Act, which would "clear the road for Ontario to end the bi-annual process of changing out clocks."
However, Quebec and New York would have to agree to the same adjustment.
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Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli says that aspect is key for his Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Ministry and is looking forward to "a healthy debate in the legislature."
He wants to find out the data on what it would do from an economic point of view.
"We've got to make sure we're aligned with the stock market in New York," he told CKAY News. "We cannot have a Toronto and New York misaligned, in terms of a stock market," he says.
He also wants to find out what local residents have to say about the issue.
"When I'm home I'll do my informal surveys that I usually do. We have not had a lot of emails about that in the office as we do for other kinds of topics,' Fedeli adds.
