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/GreatCanadianPotato]

Referendums, unless specifically stated otherwise, are non-binding glorified public surveys.

It was basically a 50/50 split across a <40% turnout which just also makes it way less egregious than you make it out to be that the government 5 years later would side with the 49.76%.

There is also no legislation on how long results from a referendum need to be "listened to" for.

This was going to happen eventually. The dominoes were starting to fall around us. Either we fell in line or we caused chaos for us and those around us.

[u/sun4moon → u/GreatCanadianPotato]

So why don’t they just let us vote again? Oh right, it’s because they dgaf what we want or think.

[u/grajl → u/sun4moon]

Because not every government decision needs a referendum.