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Referendum on ditching daylight time would cost Alberta millions; committee

Sep 13, 2017 | 7:19 AM

EDMONTON – A referendum on whether Alberta should end daylight time would cost millions.

Legislature member Graham Sucha says the estimated price tag if a referendum were to be paired with a provincial election would be between $2 million and $6 million.

He says holding a time vote on its own would cost nearly $22 million.

Sucha is chairing a government committee examining a private member’s bill that would put Alberta on central standard time year round, like Saskatchewan.