Majority
likely to switch vote to see senate abolished
More than a third are “very likely”
TORONTO June 16th,
2015 - In a
random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1281 Canadian
voters, the majority (56%) say they are likely to switch their usual vote to
support a party or politician who promises to abolish the Senate, and more than
a third say they are “very likely” to do so (36%). Strong interest in switching
to achieve this end is much higher among the oldest (45%), males (40%), the
very wealthiest (42%), in Quebec and the prairies (40% each) and among
Conservatives (40%) and New Democrats (43%), but not Liberals (27%), among
Francophones (44%) and those with no children (38%).
“The
constitutional experts tell us abolishing the senate can’t be done, but there
is a majority interest in it happening, especially among supporters of the
government and the opposition. The constitutional reform process can no longer
be a pair of handcuffs on the aspirations of a nation, and if it continues to
hinder progress, we will see demands for reforms to the constitutional reform
process itself," 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.
