Jack Jedwab Executive Director Association for Canadian Studies December 2010
One poll was conducted amongst Canadians by the firm Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies on the week ending , asking respondents across Canada if they ''strongly agree", "somewhat agree", "somewhat disagree" or "strongly disagree'' on the following question “Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job?” Armed Forces/Military Federal Government (in Canada and the United States) and National Government (in Germany and Spain) This report presents the findings in Canada of the survey conducted among a sample of an average of 1,707 adults comprising 825 men and 882 women 18 years of age and older and is a demographically representative national sample. In addition, the ACS contracted reputable polling companies in the United States, Spain and Germany to run the same battery of questions with a similar, representative sample size (of 1000 persons) in order to run cross-national comparisons on the issue at hand.
Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? Great Deal and Fair Amount % Armed Forces Federal Government/National Government Canada United States Germany Spain
Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? Canada Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government % Male Female Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? USA Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government and older Male Female
Canada Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government Total Non- Immigrants Immigrants French English Allophone USA Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government Total Non- Immigrants Immigrants White Black or African American Hispanic