Fact check: Strong majority of Canadians oppose convoy protests, poll after poll finds

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/politics/fact-check-canadian-protests-polls-trudeau-support-oppose-truckers-mandates/index.html

Washington (CNN)On Fox shows, people who are opposed to the ongoing Canadian protests against vaccination mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been portrayed as elites out of touch with the views of everyday workers.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor of Newsweek, tweeted on Monday: "Don't let the fact that the mainstream media is hiding this fool you: Canadians support the Freedom Convoy."

In fact, poll after poll -- including the very poll Ungar-Sargon was referencing -- has shown that most Canadians oppose the protests and support both vaccination mandates and various restrictions intended to limit the spread of the virus. The polling figures suggest it is Fox's cheerleading for the protests that is out of touch with the views of a significant majority of the Canadian public.

In addition, one of the recent Canadian polls has been falsely described this week in some pockets of conservative media. While that poll did show that there is considerable Canadian discontent with Trudeau's handling of the protests, it's not true that only 16% of Canadians said they want Trudeau back as prime minister, as a Fox contributor claimed, or that only 16% would vote for Trudeau again, as the right-wing Washington Examiner reported.

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[Bev54]

1. I just love how US media think they know what us Canadians want

We are at 80% fully vaccinated, one of the highest rates of many countries. That should tell them something. We believe in science and while we have our anti vaxxers and idiots, they are a fringe minority. I think some people were on board at the beginning but once the protest did not turn out the crowds that the leaders were telling everyone on social media (claiming 50,000 trucks and 2 million protesters), supporters went silent and have turned away from them.

[LenaBaby61]

2. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[uponit7771]

3. +1