Canadians are more than three times more likely to oppose or somewhat oppose than to support or somewhat support writing off Trans Mountain debt (West Coast Environmental Law/Nanos)

Just over two in three Canadians say they oppose (41%) or somewhat oppose (27%) writing off the $15-20 billion of Trans Mountain’s debt owed back to Canadians in order to keep the expansion project afloat. Residents of Quebec are more likely to oppose/somewhat oppose this (76%) than residents of the Prairies (61%).

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,058 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between October 1st and 4th, 2023 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online.

The margin of error for a random survey of 1,058 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The research was commissioned by West Coast Environmental Law and was conducted by Nanos Research.

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