Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he thinks "the days of Manitoba switching the clocks twice a year are pretty much at the end," though there appears to be some internal wrangling over which way the clocks should move for the final time.
"If we move to permanent standard time, you could have a Prairie time zone" shared between Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/time-change-kinew-9.7176389 Manitoba's Legislative Assembly is in session through 1 June before its summer recess, though a decision to adopt such a "Prairie time zone" on year-round UTC−6 likely wouldn't affect wall-clock times until 14 March 2027. So any legislation, if forthcoming, may not happen until the fall. Meanwhile, in Atlantic Canada, "Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he is open to the idea but only if neighbouring provinces did too," while New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says "we would want to do it in concert with our Atlantic peers. But this is premature." https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/as-alberta-moves-to-end-time-changes-other-provinces-weigh-options/ar-AA21AWEj https://www.pressreader.com/canada/telegraph-journal/20260429/281556592428545 -- Tim Parenti
