Half (52%) of Canadians Believe Foreign Governments Have Significantly Interfered in Canadian Elections
Just over half (52%) of Canadians agree that foreign governments have interfered significantly in recent elections. There is division on whether the issue is overblown or not, with 37% agreeing that the allegations have been exaggerated and 41% disagreeing. Notably, only four in ten (44%) express confidence that the inquiry led by Justice Hogue into foreign government interference will get to the bottom of what has been going on, with 33% disagreeing. Around one-quarter say they don’t know enough to say on all three statements.
When asked whether Bill C-70, the "Countering Foreign Interference Act“ will eliminate foreign interference in Canadian federal politics, Canadians are again split. 43% agree that it will, driven by 32% who somewhat agree. Three in ten (30%) disagree overall. Nearly three in ten (27%) don’t know enough to say either way.
Agreement is higher among men (48%), those 18-34 (53%), and higher among those living in Quebec (48%). Agreement is also higher among Liberal voters (62%) compared to Conservative voters (40%) or NDP voters (44%).
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between May 10 to 13, 2024, on behalf of Global News. For this survey, a sample of 1,000 Canadians aged 18+ was interviewed. Quotas and weighting were employed to ensure that the sample’s composition reflects that of the Canadian population according to census parameters. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 3.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadians aged 18+ been polled. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.
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