Women generally more patriotic than men: poll
Posted June 30, 2018 2:04 pm.
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TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – On this Canada Day weekend, a new online poll of more than 5,000 Canadians shows that women are more patriotic than men.
The survey by DART Insight shows that the proudest Canadians are more likely to be women at 67 per cent, which is eight per cent higher than men who are at 59 per cent.
“It’s not just a matter of taste, it’s a matter of substance,” explains DART Insight CEO John Wright. “On every dimension that we polled on, we found that women had a far greater intensity of attachment to Canada, Canadian values, the country, the sense that Confederation is working well. And primarily that they like it and want to stay here. ”
According to the survey, some suggest the Trudeau government’s “full on female agenda catering” may be a reason for the result.
As for how cooperative Confederation is working overall, the lowest ratings often come from Quebec, but not this time around.
“It’s Alberta, which clearly, this time now, is really off track for believing that Confederation is working,” he says. “It’s the fact that the Canadian Confederation, how our governments and regions cooperate and make things work together, they don’t see it very strong at all.”
Breakdown of poll results (Courtesy DART Insight):
The main reasons include the ongoing pipeline dispute as well as the spat over the energy patch with the federal government, he says.
“Pipeline and the oil patch debate where the premier of Alberta and others have engaged the federal government and you know darn well that there’s a lot of people in that province who are just not feeling very Canadian-ish today.”
Overall 64 per cent said Confederation was working well. In Alberta, that number was only 52 per cent.
Ninety per cent of those who took part in the poll also said they were proud to be Canadian, with Atlantic Canada leading the charge with 95 per cent, closely followed by Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia which all came in with a result of 93 per cent each.
Read the poll results below (Courtesy DART Insight):
