A story originating with The Canadian Press was picked up by a number of news outlets on Tuesday (November 2nd).
Apparently Elections Canada commissioned a poll back in April to ascertain the level of confidence Canadians have in our public institutions.
It was done as rumours were swirling that a snap election might be called by the minority Liberal government.
The survey, done by Leger and Leger suggested Canadians had strong confidence in the elections agency (78 per cent), the police (74 per cent), the mainstream media (54 per cent) and even provincial and federal governments (56 per cent and 55 per cent).
But the poll – (based on a survey of 2,582 adults between April 1st and April 11th) – also found that a surprising number of Canadians are willing to believe in conspiracy theories.
The polling company found that two in five Canadians (40 per cent) considered it “definitely” or “probably true” that “certain significant events have been the result of the activity of a small group that secretly manipulates world events.”
Although not as prevalent as in the United States, a significant number still believe that vaccines cause autism- a claim based on a now debunked study that first appeared in a medical journal back in 1998.
