Breakfast Buzz: Should we have pay-before-you-pump legislation?

SASKATOON – Police chiefs in Alberta are pushing their province to adopt a law that would require driver to prepay for their gas. The goal is to protect service workers.

The resolution came up following last year’s death of a Calgary service-station worker who was run over during a gas theft.

British Columbia has had pay-before-you-pump legislation since 2008, with dramatic results. Vancouver alone saw the number of reported gas-and-dash robberies go from 161 in 2007 to 15 in 2008, with only one case reported between 2009 and 2012.

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Today on the Breakfast Buzz we want to know if you think Saskatchewan should have a pay-before-you-pump law to protect workers?

Be sure to comment with your thoughts and watch Global Saskatoon Morning News at 7:55 a.m. CT to see if we pull up your comment.