Nunavik to turn back clocks for 1 more year
Makivvik says it ran out of time to change the time system
Nunavik will not change its time system this year after all.
In a public notice on October 14, Makivvik, the organization representing Inuit in Nunavik, said the region will align with the rest of Quebec and fall back one hour on November 1.
Nunavik had planned to stay permanently on daylight time starting this year after Makivvik announced in 2025 it would scrap the time change. However, the organization said it ran out of time to implement all the requirements necessary to modify the seasonal change, citing technical and administrative challenges related to global timekeeping regulators.
Makivvik said moving forward without these necessary steps could have subjected Nunavik to “significant potential logistical challenges.”
Makivvik’s president Pita Aatami says they will continue to plan for next year.
“I want it known to my constituents that future planning next year, better planning also includes Air Inuit and all regional Nunavik organizations,” he said in Inuktitut to CBC News.
“We have to be working together.”
Aatami said Makivvik plans to end the time change in November next year and that all future changes will be communicated to the public in advance for them to be informed and share their concerns.
Quebec’s new Parti Québécois government says it also wants to end daylight savings.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said this is probably the last year the province will turn back its clocks.
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