
魁北克省选民本周末将最后一次拨慢时钟,魁北克党(Parti Québécois,简称PQ)表示。该党计划在未来几个月内提出法案,废除时钟调整。
Quebecers will turn back their clocks for the last time this weekend, according to the Parti Québécois (PQ). The party hopes to table a bill in the coming months to abolish the time change.
“对所有即将在未来几周内应对孩子对此次时钟调整反应的家长来说:这很可能是最后一年,我们还要对自己施加这种不必要的约束,”省长在竞选期间写道。竞选期间,皮埃尔·普拉蒙东(St-Pierre Plamondon)曾表示,如果当选,他愿意废除时钟调整,因为魁北克党认为这一做法对健康不利。
"To all the parents who will be dealing with their children's reactions this time change in the several weeks to come: this is probably the last year we'll be imposing such unnecessary constraints on ourselves," wrote the premier on On the campaign trail, St-Pierre Plamondon had said if elected, he would be open to abolishing the time change as the PQ believed the practice to be counterproductive to health.
魁北克未来党(Coalition Avenir Québec,简称CAQ)政府2024年发起的一项线上公众咨询发现,90%的参与魁北克省民赞成取消时钟调整。
An online public consultation launched in 2024 by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government found that 90 per cent of Quebecers who participated were in favour of ditching the time change.
CAQ并未推进这一改变。2025年春天,前司法部长西蒙·若兰-巴雷特(Simon Jolin-Barrette)表示,鉴于魁北克经济形势的变化,还需要进一步咨询。
The CAQ did not move forward with the change. In spring of 2025, the former justice minister Simon Jolin-Barrette stated that further consultation would be needed given a change in Quebec's economic situation.
“通过咨询,提出了若干担忧——例如专家和科学家的意见,以及与邻近州保持一致的可能性,”若兰-巴雷特在一份声明中写道。“我们必须将这些因素考虑在内。”
"Several concerns — such as the opinions of experts and scientists, as well as the possibility of aligning with neighbouring states — have been raised through the consultation," wrote Jolin-Barrette in a statement. "We must take these into account."
加拿大的时区变得复杂了。这些地图将它们清晰地列出:安大略省计划永久实行夏令时,前提是魁北克省和纽约州也这样做;不列颠哥伦比亚省、阿尔伯塔省、西北地区和曼尼托巴省在过去一年左右都已决定停止在夏令时和标准时间之间切换,而育空地区和萨斯喀彻温省的居民多年来已不再拨慢时钟。
Time zones in Canada are getting complicated. These maps lay them out Ontario to move permanently to daylight saving time as long as Quebec, New York follow B.C., Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba have all decided to stop switching between daylight and standard time in the last year or so, while residents in Yukon and Saskatchewan haven't wound back their clocks in years.
2020年,安大略省通过了一项法律,规定将结束时钟调整做法,但前提是魁北克省和纽约州也这样做。
In 2020, Ontario passed a law that said it would end its time change practice, but only if Quebec and New York did the same.
魁北克党的一位发言人向加拿大广播公司(CBC)表示,该党计划在议会委员会听证会上听取专家意见,讨论采用永久夏令时或标准时间的问题。前者在傍晚提供更多光照,后者在早晨提供更多光照。
A PQ spokesperson told CBC that the party plans to hear from experts during a parliamentary committee hearing on adopting permanent daylight time or standard time. The former offers more light in the evening, and the latter in the morning.