POLL: Should Ontario keep or scrap daylight saving time in spring and fall?

The topic of ending the twice-annual practice of shifting time forwards and backwards every spring and fall for daylight saving time has been talked about so much by government leaders and yet, nothing changes other than, well, the time. Here we are, just days away from falling back into standard time, which can also be called winter time, so we’re talking about it again. In case you didn’t know, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov.

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, you roll the clock back one hour and gain an extra hour of sleep. Back in 2020, Ontario passed a law to stop observing daylight saving time, but Ontario’s plan is contingent on New York state and Quebec doing the same, so for now, we’re changing our clocks twice a year. Now, , whether they would like to keep fiddling with those difficult-to-set microwave clocks twice a year or give up this century-old practice which the Germans started during the First World War to conserve energy.

You can learn more about the history at the link below this line. And, since we’re talking about it, we at Metroland want to know what you think of observing spring and fall time change. Have your say, answer our poll.

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