A new Ipsos Reid poll reported in the Vancouver Sun shows that 39 percent of Canadians โdonโt support the scienceย behind global warming.โ
According to the article they believe that โโฆ melting ice flows, hot summers and extreme weather events around the world are the result of natural warming and cooling patterns that rise and fall.โย ย
This is, on one hand, a woeful tribute to the ongoing disinformation campaign – the increasingly strident effort by a handful of agenda-driven (and energy-industry funded) โclimate skepticsโ who are bent on keeping the publicย confused.
On the other hand, the survey shows that 61 per cent of Canadians understand the problem. Good,ย but:
IPSOS Reid, the polling company that did this survey, pointed out that โyou only need roughlyย 40% to get a majority government (so) this is not going to be a key ballotย item.โ
Unless we make it soย โฆ
