Ontario MPPs Pass Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent, Pending Quebec and New York to Follow Suit

A pedestrian walks by Union Station during morning commuting hours as Toronto copes with a shutdown due to the Coronavirus in Toronto, Canada on April 1, 2020. Cole Burston/Getty Images

Ontario MPPs have voted to end the biannual practice of changing the clocks for daylight saving time, but will await Quebec and the state of New York to sign on similar laws before making the change.

Bill 214, Time Amendment Act, 2020, which would make daylight saving time the standard time, passed the third reading stage on Nov. 25, 2020.