Residents who live along the New Brunswick-Quebec border are used to the hour difference between the two provinces. But a promise by the Parti Québécois to table a bill in the coming months to abolish the seasonal time change starting next year has some wondering if the time difference would shrink or grow.
Parti Québécois promises to abolish seasonal time change starting next year
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People who live along the border of New Brunswick and Quebec worry about the confusion that could ensue if Quebec eliminates the time change and New Brunswick doesn’t. (Honorine Ngountchoup/CBC)
Residents who live along the New Brunswick-Quebec border are used to the hour difference between the two provinces.
But a promise by the Parti Québécois to table a bill in the coming months to abolish the seasonal time change starting next year has some wondering if the time difference would shrink or grow.
If Quebec decides to stick with daylight saving time all year, it would mean there would be no time difference between New Brunswick and Quebec for about eight months of the year, from March to October.
Kathleen Hackett-Bujold lives in Pointe-à-la-Croix, Que., and crosses the bridge to Campbellton regularly.
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