Nearly half of Canadians believe climate change must be urgently addressed: poll

Faced with blazing wildfires on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave in the country, there is growing consensus among Canadians that climate change needs to be urgently addressed.

In a new poll Wednesday conducted exclusively by Ipsos for Global News, 49 per cent of people in Canada say that the recent extreme weather events this summer have made them feel more strongly about the urgency to fight climate change. But four in 10 said that their opinion had not changed.

Ipsos Current Affairs CEO Darrell Bricker explains the poll results.

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[Sang-Je]

Taxing people doesn't fix climate change. Changing what systems and products canada imports / sells to the community does.

[vyvkdqi]

So in a democracy that over half that dont think we need to worry.

[isaacgriffin]

So over half don't think we should... fixed your headline

[kimkuntz]

Why won't global news talk about chemtrails ?

But yet this video has more thumbs down

[fedup]

They should just call it, Tax Grab. At least that would be believable.

[canadiantruthseekers]

Suppression of the people who have the right to free speech is not Canadian.

[supergeodotca]

More than half don't believe it....

[franklinfleming]

Lmao the other 50% think the 50% who do believe this need to be "quickly adressed".

[GrayeTiger]

I am definitely not one of those people. I want this economy to be strong and for us to make as much money as possible from our natural resources.

[georgedavidson]

It is not worth bankrupting the middle and lower income people and starving them of heat with taxes

Adapted. Government should help with AC if you think it is getting to hot

Crops will do fine with added heat. What isn’t good is the carbon taxes on drying grain. Ontario farmers paid $ 271 million last fall to dry grain. They received $ 21 million back for drier upgrades. This is all about the government stealing money Food prices are going to go up
C02 does not cause global warming

[jonontube]

The sky is falling the sky is falling. Oh the humanity, how ever will we go on

[primmakinsofis]

30.34% = China's percentage of global CO2 emissions in 2019
1.54% = Canada's percentage of global CO2 emissions in 2019

Canada could stop ALL its carbon dioxide emissions tomorrow and it would have a negligible impact on the world situation. If China stopped all its CO2 emissions tomorrow, it would have a significant impact.

So which country should the focus be on?

[troystevens]

Canadians have spent years upgrading our homes, changing our driving habits, adopting recycling programs and following the 3-R’s: it’s about time for the government to start holding corporations accountable, instead of just taxing Canadians for corporate grants so they can reduce the cost of going green.

[Starmanstriker]

Now do polls from 3 other organizations and get the results.

[petebaker]

Baulderdash. None of these goofs know anything.

[loriliberty]

Geo-engineering: They did it during the Vietnam war and they’re doing it now.

[jimdawson]

Only half? Reminds me of an Elvis Costello lyric:
"Some of my friends sit around every evening
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
And the promise of an early bed"
well, if we don't act, then say goodnight

[bombardierrecreationalprod]

Well dah🙄 the people who are in denial about climate change do not care what happens after they are gone ! It is just plain old selfishness and indifference to peoples suffering !! The majority of us do believe the 95% of scientists who have been warning us for the past 45 years! We are willing to make sacrifices to help the generations that come after us!! My children and your children are counting on us !! Let’s not let them down !!

[lukehalmrast]

Can the government stop addressing it and do more to try to stop warming? Because at this very moment we’re all screwed for the future. Already had a deadly heatwave in bc