What do Canadians Think?
According to the 2006 CAA Public Opinion Survey, the majority of Canadians want climate change to be a top federal priority. Sixty-four per cent of Canadians support the Kyoto Protocol over a made-in-Canada initiative.
Ninety-one per cent of Canadians, during CAA's Public Opinion Survey indicated they were concerned about climate change.
The following statistics were compiled from the 2006 CAA Public Opinion Survey results:
- 55 per cent of Canadians indicated they are concerned or extremely concerned about climate change and global warming;
- 48 per cent of Canadians give our federal Conservative government a rating of poor when it came to addressing the issue of climate change;
- 88 per cent have heard about the Kyoto protocol;
- 74 per cent of Canadians are aware of Canada's obligations under Kyoto, up 10 per cent from last year; and,
- Only 31 per cent of Canadians agree with the Conservative government's decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol in favour of a made-in-Canada approach. 60 per cent disagree with the Conservative government's choice.
The survey was conducted by Decima Research who randomly surveyed 2,800 Canadians on issues of infrastructure, climate change, government priorities and traffic safety. The on-line survey was conducted during the last week of February and first week of March. The margin of error on this study is 2.0 per cent 19 times out of 20 and is accurately weighted for region, age, gender and education according to the most recent Canadian demographics available.