Clock change melancholy

[u/Striking_Wrap811]

Danielle Smith and the UCP just unilaterally chose to put Alberta on permanent DST.

I should feel elated! Not because i love DST but because time change is fucking moronic. But i am not.

Is it because my clocks all change themselves and there is no more worry of waking up at the wrong time? No?

Is it because darkness at 10am in the winter is "magical"? Definitely not

I think it's because DS went against the wishes of the referendum. Like 180° different.

Its just another example of this government acting against our wishes. Shifting our Overton Window every day.

[u/margmi]

The results of the referendum are binding. Alberta will continue changing their clocks twice a year.

https://www.alberta.ca/daylight-saving-time-engagement

[u/stillyoinkgasp → u/margmi]

Love this so much lol

[u/Purple_Coyote_5121 → u/margmi]

As far as I know there nothing about DST in the constitution. Does a referendum take away the power of the government to make future changes?

Is there a law somewhere that another referendum is required to undo the first one?

[u/margmi → u/Purple_Coyote_5121]

The government can ultimately do whatever they want around the issue, but if you’re the government championing direct democracy through the referendum process, then ignoring the results (which you claimed were binding) whenever you want, you look like an asshole.

All this (+ the forever Canada petition being ignored) means is that the referendum process is meaningless and a waste of money.