The science is clear that daylight times and its associated clock changes are causing serious harm to Canadians\u0027 health, they say.
“There is an international consensus right now that daylight savings time should be abolished because this practice really causes mental and physical health risks, and we see that at the population level,” said, co-chair of the Canada Sleep Research Consortium and head scientist of clinical sleep research at The Royal.
Time changes during both the spring and the fall are also connected with increased rates of depression and longer-term health issues, including cancer, said Joseph De Koninck, a sleep researcher and professor emeritus in the psychology department at uOttawa.Article content Joseph De Koninck is a sleep researcher, professor emeritus in the psychology department of the University of Ottawa.Along with the growing scientific consensus around daylight time is growing political discourse about the issue across North America and elsewhere. A new U.S. bill is proposing permanent daylight time, something Ontario has said it would follow. Saskatchewan, meanwhile, long ago scrapped Daylight Savings Time.
Rébecca Robillard is co-chair of the Canada Sleep Research Consortium and head scientist of clinical sleep research at The Royal.Benjamin Franklin is frequently credited with the idea of daylight time as a means of preserving candles. Port Arthur, Ont., was one of the first, or the first, municipality in the world to put it in place.
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