Category: Globe and Mail

Concern over crime in communities has increased by 10 percentage points since January with now four in ten who report being concerned (41% concerned, compared to 31% in January 2023). While concern over crime in communities has increased for all regions of Canada, the biggest increase was seen for residents of the Prairies (mean of… Continue Reading Worry about crime in communities has gone up 10 percentage points since January (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

Over seven in ten Canadians (33%) support or somewhat support (38%) subsidies to businesses that invest in green energy projects in Canada, while just under one in four Canadians somewhat oppose (11%) or oppose (13%) such subsidies. Residents of the Prairies are less likely to support (25%) subsidies to businesses that invest in green energy… Continue Reading Majority support or somewhat support subsidies to businesses that invest in green energy projects (The Globe and Mail/Nanos)

When asked to rank the top two areas they would like to see made a priority for the upcoming federal budget, the option most often ranked first was making our healthcare system stronger (49%), followed by reducing the deficit (19%), fighting climate change (17%), investing in infrastructure (6%) and creating jobs (5%). Trust in the… Continue Reading Making the healthcare system stronger is two and a half times more important as a priority for the upcoming federal budget than reducing the deficit (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

Four in 10 Canadians say there is not enough law enforcement presence at the Canadian border to respond to so called “irregular border” crossings, which is a decrease from 57% in May 2018. There has been an increase in those who are unsure (23% up from 12% in May 2018). Quebec residents (53%) are most… Continue Reading Four in ten Canadians say there is too little law enforcement presence at “irregular border”, a 16-point drop compared to May 2018. (The Globe and Mail/Nanos)

Over eight in ten Canadians agree or somewhat agree that Canadians who have been diagnosed with a serious incurable disease should be allowed to express an advance wish for MAID ahead of the time they are no longer able to give legal consent. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and… Continue Reading A majority of Canadians are in agreement that those diagnosed with a serious incurable disease should be allowed to express an advance wish for MAID (The Globe and Mail/Nanos)

More Canadians say they would prefer that federal public servants have the option of working from home part of the time (50%) compared to three in ten who would prefer public servants being required to work in-person full time (30%). Fourteen per cent would prefer public servants having the option to work from home all… Continue Reading Hybrid work more preferred than in-person full time for Canadian federal public servants. (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

Canadians twice more likely to prefer that the Liberals have someone other than Justin Trudeau leading them in the next election (51%) rather than having Justin Trudeau be the leader (25%). Seventeen per cent had no preference and seven per cent were unsure what they preferred. Over four in ten Canadians (45%) prefer that the… Continue Reading More than 40 percent of Canadians prefer different leaders than Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre to be leaders of their parties in the next election. (Globe and Mail/Nanos)

3 in 4 Canadians believe or somewhat believe that safe injection sites save the lives of many drug addicts. Ontario residents are more likely to believe (48%) or somewhat believe (29%) that compared to Prairie residents (37% believe, 29% somewhat believe). Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random… Continue Reading Three in four Canadians believe or somewhat believe that safe injection sites save the lives of many drug addicts (Globe and Mail/Nanos)