Internal PMO polls told Carney Canadians backed pipeline plan
Internal government documents reveal that Prime Minister Carney relied on polling data showing majority support for a new oil pipeline to guide his policy decisions. The report also notes concerns regarding the use of potentially leading questions in these government-supervised polls.
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Highlights the intersection of public opinion polling, political strategy, and controversial energy infrastructure projects.
Throughout the negotiations last fall and earlier this year between Ottawa and the provincial governments in Alberta and British Columbia, Prime Minister Carney has been guided by a series of internal government polls that showed a significant majority of Canadians were broadly in favour of his plan to push a new oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast, according to documents obtained by Global News.
The article focuses on the potential manipulation of public opinion through 'push-polling' techniques, which is a common critique of government transparency.
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