Carbon tax tracking suggests protecting the environment in the long term as a priority still a majority but on the decline from 67% in 2018 to 55% as people increasingly worry about how to keep costs down today (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

While just over 1 in 2 Canadians still prefer protecting the environment in the long term (55%) over keeping costs down today, this is a decrease when compared to November 2018 when two thirds (67%) preferred protecting the environment in the long term.

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1044 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between September 2nd and 4th, 2023 as part of an omnibus survey. The margin of error for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The research was commissioned by the Globe and Mail and was conducted by Nanos Research.

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