With several NA jurisdictions now on permanent DST, or having already passed legislation to use permanent DST pending some condition or other, I’d say the chance of AB switching to permanent standard time is vanishingly small. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. The failure of that referendum gives a ton of ammo to those in favour of the status quo.

Also from Saskatchewan, lived in Alberta for a few years. I have literally never in my life had a moment where I wished Sask did time changes, and found it stressful and annoying every time it happened while living elsewhere.

Stop changing your clocks! Good job BC, I hope you start some dominoes!

The expectation that a vital public service must be a profitable company is just an ass-backward assumption from the start. What’s next, are we going to expect hospitals to become profit centres?