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Many businesses are hoping the sun will set on the province’s daylight savings bill.

As the NDP government pushes forward with talks on scrapping the twice-yearly clock change, urban and rural businesses alike are criticizing the plan.

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“For farmers, in my opinion, it’s a non-issue.” said Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. “It’s more on the hours of sunlight rather than the time.”

He said most of the people he’s associated with are asking “Who cares?” because agriculture workers rely more heavily on the weather conditions than when the clock strikes midnight.

Jacobson said when the sun’s in the sky, workers are outside — it’s that simple.

“They’re spending extra time and money on a subject that’s just not important. There are a lot more important things to deal with than daylight savings,” said Jacobson.

The NDP first mentioned dumping the time change in December 2016, before Edmonton-South MLA Thomas Dang introduced a private member’s bill — Bill 203 — in March to move the province to Standard Time year-round.