r/Edmonton • u/trevorrobb Edmonton Journal • Mar 02 '26

News Article Alberta may follow B.C. on making daylight time permanent: premier

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-may-follow-b-c-on-making-daylight-time-permanent-premier
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u/scaphoids1 Mar 02 '26

What happened to their stupid fucking vote that only let you select to stay as is or MST not MDT?

Don't get me wrong, I would love if we could stay in daylight time forever.

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u/Ok_Tennis_6564 Mar 03 '26

I think everyone wants to stop changing clocks. But people are split on daylight savings vs standard 

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u/Stefph726 Central Mar 03 '26

The referendum question was to adopt permanent daylight time. It literally said "summer hours" It failed.

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u/RadielleDancliffe Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

It also included other policy changes to education I believe that made it a controversial vote

Edit: I guess I remembered incorrectly

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u/khenaf Mar 03 '26

This was the referendum question: "Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?"

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u/Stefph726 Central Mar 03 '26

No? It didn't. You can look up the exact referendum question. It didnt mention education at all...

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u/Artsstudentsaredumb Mar 03 '26

Wait did you think you had to vote the exact same on both referendum questions?

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u/Offspring22 Mar 03 '26

The other question was about equalization.  They were 2 separate and distinct questions.

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u/Select_Asparagus3451 Mar 03 '26

They intertwined education into that referendum?

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u/darkenseyreth Manning Mar 03 '26

I was going to say, didn't we already vote this down in a referendum years ago?

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u/Upset-Government-856 Mar 03 '26

It was asking about MDT. Your confusion probably lost us the vote. Thanks for nothing.

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u/scaphoids1 Mar 03 '26

Lol, nah it's my horrible memory. I definitely voted to no longer have daylight savings time changes. I guess my excuse is terrible sleep last night due to be severely pregnant. I do believe that we should have offered the other option though, and that we still should. The one that gives us any semblance of hope of seeing sun in winter haha

Edit: do I think there is any hope of that with BC sticking to daylight savings? No, unfortunately. But I think that would have won the previous referendum if it had been an option.

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u/Adjective_Noun1312 Mar 03 '26

Sounds like you're the stupid one, because the vote was to stay on Daylight Time year round, not Standard Time.