Author: Robert Roach
Green Expectations: Western Canadian Opinions on Environmental Issues highlights a fundamental tension in the public mindset: Canadians need and want energy but worry that energy production and consumption are damaging the environment.
The results examined in this publication are drawn from a survey conducted by Environics Research Group Limited. The survey was conducted by telephone in late 2010 with 1,202 western Canadians (300 per province) 18 years and older. The results are accurate +/-2.8 percentage points 19 times out of 20.
In addition to Green Expectations, the results from the survey are compiled in two additional reports entitled Reading the Meter: Western Canadian Opinions on Energy Issues and Water Worries: Western Canadian Opinions Toward Paying More for Water.
Green Expectations: Western Canadian Opinions on Environmental Issues is part of the Canada West Foundation’s Powering Up for the Future Project, which focuses on public policy challenges at the interface of the economy, the environment and energy.