As Makivvik is a corporate body, is Kativik Regional Goverment KRG the legislative body with legal powers to create ordinances or by-laws by and for the Nunavimmiut applying to the Nunavik territory? Coincidentally the KRG intends to ask the Québec National Assembly to ratify various amendments to the Kativik Act with the slogan: ;^> "Time for change: Modernizing the Kativik Act" so could this time keeping change be an official amendment to the Kativik Act, along with allowing changes to it to be made by the KRG? On 2026-02-24 16:37, Samuel Wat via tz wrote:
Thanks for reaching out - sorry for the delay in responding. It ended up in my spam folder... Some Makivvik staff, including President Pita Aatami, discussed this on Facebook and on some community radio stations. Some were on private accounts, and there is this one posted publicly on Oct. 30, 2025 <https://www.facebook.com/Makivvik/posts/ pfbid0bCKhCGwFPQ3rfboasbbkKKcmbmME87UovFChEQLbL4UpuH5kHzHVpZBLdcPdjRfVl>.
/⏰Important announcement: Time Change in Nunavik⏰ This is an important clarification regarding the upcoming time change. Nunavik will be going ahead with the time change this weekend, and *next year will mark the shift to year-round Daylight Saving Time.* Don’t forget to turn your clocks back on Sunday! Nakurmiik!/
As for the logistics of where Makivvik is at with making it officially with TZDB, that's something I can't speak to. But I am curious to hear where this ends up, so if things change, do let me know.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM Paul Eggert wrote: On 2026-02-24 11:37, Antoine Beaupré via tz wrote:
Do you have more information about the upcoming change?
I've been in contact with a Makivvik staffer, most recently last month. My understanding is that although they are still interested in making the change, it's not a done deal and some more work would be needed before it'd be official. So in that sense Wat's CBC story last November was a bit premature. This is why we have not updated TZDB re Nunavik, at least not yet. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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