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Bell: Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith

Daylight time year-round in Alberta? We have the answer from Premier Smith

Alberta is going to daylight saving time all year round.

Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP government have made the decision. It will go to the Alberta legislature for debate this week.

Bell: Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith Back to video

It means the time we are in now will be the time we are in for 12 months of the year.

Come the fall, the clocks will not fall back. Come next spring, the clocks will not spring forward.

“The time we are in right now is the time it will be,” says Smith.

Smith says with Alberta’s neighbours not changing their clocks, Alberta had to decide what to do.

So now, Alberta time will be the same time as Saskatchewan year-round and an hour later than B.C.’s Pacific time year-round.

Smith says polling shows the clear majority of Albertans want the same time all year. No more changing of the clocks.

The only question was whether to go all year with daylight saving time or standard time, which we have in the winter.

Daylight time it will be. All year.

Smith adds she would like the time zone in Alberta to be known as Alberta Time. Nice and........

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