An MP says all of Canada should end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year — and is planning on introducing legislation she hopes will ensure the custom is lost to time.

"Canadians will often engage in conversation and debates about why it is we change our clocks back and forward," Ottawa Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde said Thursday during a news conference on Parliament Hill.

"Today, I'm here to say the time has come to address time change."

A majority of jurisdictions in Canada observe the biannual time change, pushing the clocks forward an hour in the spring only to wind them back an hour in the fall. WATCH | MP says time change is 'outdated':

MP proposes ditching 'outdated' daylight saving time 19 minutes ago Duration 1:09 Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde was jo

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