One tenth have donated to refugee relief, one quarter plan to

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One tenth have donated to refugee relief, one quarter plan to

Few have volunteered, one fifth plan to

TORONTO December 8th, 2015 - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1369 adult Canadians, one tenth have already donated money or goods to refugee relief (9%), and a further one quarter plan to do so in the future (23%). About one tenth support the refugees but don’t plan to give (13%), and more than half do not support refugee settlement (55%).

In total, about one twentieth have volunteered their time to refugee relief (5%), and a further one fifth plans to (20%). A quarter supports the refugees but won’t volunteer (24%) and more than a half do not explicitly support the refugee resettlement plan (52%).

 “These results show that it has become easier to donate money than it has to spend your own time, which is more valuable. Nonetheless, the levels of promised support for the resettlement effort are encouraging,” said Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.

Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416) 960-9603.