I think the real problem is crippling future administrations from making hard decisions by having to follow a referendum, assuming its binding.
It also spits in the face of elected representatives who are tasked with making these policy changes and effectively circumvents their work.
And knowing the feckless and greasy nature of conservative referendum questions in Alberta, you just know the referendum question will be "DO YOU SUPPORT HIGHER TAXES OR NOT?"
There's democracy. And then there's idiocracy.
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