Free Speech, Freedom Among Top Issues of Concern for Canadians: New Poll

Free Speech, Freedom Among Top Issues of Concern for Canadians: New Poll
Hundreds of people gather by TransCanada Highway 20 to show their support to truckers heading to Ottawa to protest against COVID-19 restrictions, in Levis, Quebec, on Jan. 28, 2022. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned about the issues of free speech and freedom, a new poll finds.

Conducted by Nanos Research, the poll found that of all national issues of concern, free speech and freedom came in second as the “most important” to Canadians at 8.3 percent, just behind the coronavirus at 13.1 percent, and of higher priority than the environment at 7.5 percent.