I don't buy the results of this survey.  What you are seeing here are the voices of highly-motivated survey takers (i.e., those who really want to see this proposed idea succeed).  Like it or not, the vast majority Albertans do not do very well with change of any kind.  In the current political environment,  the best advice for the NDP government might simply be to "keep their heads down, and manage effectively."  They have two years to build up a record of financial competence (or repair the damage they have already done).  I get it, the NDP are looking for a win - especially with rural folks.  However, this time-change issue is a small, distraction, that will most certainly come back to haunt the party - reinforcing the social-engineering, activist narrative. Recall Steven Harper's effort to tinker with the long-form census? An issue that should have been a small thing - satisfying a vocal minority - sadly turned into a festering self-inflicted wound.