Canadians worried about the loss of liberty and the kind of values being passed onto kids today may be “intolerant,” according to a recent poll commissioned by the Liberal government.
The Attitudes, Awareness and Behaviours Surrounding 2SLGBTQI+ Communities in Canada Abacus Data survey was prepared for Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) and cost taxpayers $60,359.52.
According to the poll, a majority of Canadians were worried about what kids were learning and held “libertarian values” such as being concerned about the state of freedom. The poll claims these attitudes “could be associated with intolerance.”
“There is a risk that people who hold these views will resist to federal government messaging around equity and respect for 2SLGBTQI+ communities,” wrote the survey.
A total of 62% of Canadians said they were “concerned about the values children are learning,” and 61% held “conspiratorial beliefs” like “the idea that information about the Government of Canada is being hidden from the public.”
Meanwhile, 52% expressed “libertarian values saying that they are concerned about the loss of liberties and freedoms in Canada.”
The poll also discovered that Canada had the same number of “diversity valuers” (19%) as “opponents” to diversity issues (19%).
“Increasing the tolerance among this group for people in 2SLGBTQI+ communities would be ideal, but the low trust and overall anti-government stance may make this group hard to reach. Additionally, they may be unreceptive to the message,” wrote pollsters.
A vast majority of those polled (78%) believed that Canada was a good place to live for equity-seeking groups like the LGBTQ community. The same number of people also said that diversity was one of the country’s best qualities.
Additionally, 72% of Canadians were familiar with LGBTQ issues and 76% expressed comfort when around members of the LGBTQ community.
The poll also claimed that 58% of Canadians were comfortable with performances by drag artists such as drag queen story times.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently lectured Muslim parents who were concerned about gender ideology in schools, claiming that they were victims of the “American right wing.”
“First of all, there is an awful lot of misinformation and disinformation out there,” said Trudeau.
“People on social media, particularly fuelled by the American right wing, are spreading a lot of untruths about what’s actually in the provincial curriculum.”
