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Tracking Report of Canadian Attitudes Towards Natural Resources Issues, 1997

Although natural resources are largely a provincial jurisdiction, the federal government plays an important role in setting national objectives, conducting research, and developing policies and programs, primarily through Natural Resources Canada. In carrying out its mandate, the Department must ensure  that it understands and takes into account public opinions, priorities and concerns as they relate to forestry, energy, mining and the earth sciences. This objective has been accomplished, in part, through ongoing tracking of public opinion, which has provided valuable input into strategic planning, policy development and communications.
 

In 1993, the Department commissioned a national public opinion study to measure public opinion across Canada on key energy and resource issues, in part to establish a benchmark from which changes in opinions could be tracked over time. In 1997, the Department identified the need to repeat this study in order to measure current public opinion on key issues, and how these have changed (or not changed) over the past four years. The current study also addressed forest sector issues in greater depth, since the merger of Forestry Canada and Energy, Mines and Resources Canada into Natural Resources Canada took place subsequent to the 1993 survey.
 

The current study was designed to replicate the one conducted in 1993, and consisted of a public opinion survey, based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,507 Canadians (18 years plus) conducted between March 21 and April 5, 1997.
 

• Introduction.....Page  1
• Executive Summary.....Page  3
• Study Conclusions.....Page  5
• Recommendations.....Page  13
• Detailed Analysis.....Page  19
• Study Methodology.....Page  59
   
• Appendix: Survey Questionnaire
   

Tracking Survey of Canadian Attitudes Towards Natural Resources Issues, 1997  (PDF file: 277K)

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