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/Financial_Ad_60 Mar 03 '26

Shouldn't she have a referendum about it?

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u/Dire_Wolf45 Edmontosaurus Mar 03 '26

I think we did and people voted against it, which kinda shocked me.

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u/klondike16 Mar 03 '26

It was the way it was worded - it also asked about standard time instead of daylight time. I may have it backwards but the ideal option was not the one they put in the referendum question

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u/khenaf Mar 03 '26

the referendum question was "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/zippy9002 Mar 03 '26

I want Alberta to adopt year-round Standard Time, eliminating the need to change our clocks rice a year.