Daylight Saving Time in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan remains one of the few areas on the continent which did not see fit to change to Daylight Saving Time time in early March - again.
This despite the government promising to bring the point up in a referendum.
Isn't it odd? Even when the government suggests they will decide a question via a citizen's vote on the subject, it still refuses to do so.
It claimed that it would cost too much - $100,000.
But to have brought up such a vote during an election, or such time, would have cost very little extra to implement.
And though such process is not exactly what I have in mind when I espouse the merits of Direct Democracy, it still would have been an effort to confirm citizen's wishes.
In Direct Democracy regimes - such as in 24 of the US states, Switzerland, Germany, and elsewhere, the citizens themselves can require referendums when enough of them to sign a petition towards such ideas. And, if passed, the governments are bound to the results. That is real democracy in action.
But Saskatchewan leaders obviously do not trust their people. A group which has influence on the leadership persuaded it - that it should not do what it said it would do. Too bad. Saskatchewan remains outside the mainstream. Does the majority of it really want that result? Well, we just cannot tell.