{"id":1264,"date":"2007-01-27T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2007-01-27T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-28T04:26:00","slug":"the-64000-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"The $64,000 Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> The media has been hyping the environment as a major political issue over the past few months and today’s Globe featured a complete front page spread, pages upon pages of articles, and even green trim on the title. Inside, they publish the results from the <\/span>latest Gregg poll<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n

How likely is it that you would vote for your local Green Party candidate if an election were held within the next year?<\/strong>
<\/strong>
Very likely 4% [clearly the 8-11% numbers we keep hearing are soft then]<\/em>
Somewhat likely 16%
Somewhat unlikely 21%
Very unlikely 47%<\/p>\n

What is the most important issue facing Canada today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Environment 26% [up from 4% a year ago]<\/em>
Health care 18%<\/p>\n

Best Plan?<\/strong> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep trying Kyoto 63%
We’ll never reach Kyoto goals – go with made in Canada plan 30%<\/p>\n

Could global warming harm future generations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes 83%
No 14%<\/p>\n

Which Party has the best plan for the environment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liberals 16%
CPC 12%
NDP 9%
Green 27%
BQ 2%<\/p>\n

<\/span>Also<\/span><\/strong><\/a>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>76 per cent are willing to pay to have their houses retro-fitted to become more energy efficient
73 per cent would reduce the amount they fly to times when it is only absolutely necessary
72 per cent would pay more for a fuel-efficient car
62 per cent are willing to have the economy grow at a significantly slower rate
61 per cent would reduce the amount they drive in half.<\/p>\n

But…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only 34% support higher gas and fuel prices<\/p>\n

SO…<\/strong> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s abundantly clear that the environment has exploded onto the scene over the past few months as THE issue in Canada. Because it’s rise as a major issue has been so fast, this leaves us with many questions, none of which I’ll attempt to answer right now [that’s for a future post]<\/span>. But I’d be curious to read what other people think about this, in the comments section:<\/p>\n

1. Why did the environment suddenly become such a major issue<\/strong>? Something pushed it over the <\/span>tipping point<\/span><\/a>, but what?<\/p>\n

2. Do Canadians really care, or are they only telling pollsters it’s a big issue because they feel they should<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Would Canadians actually vote for the Green Party? If so, who does that hurt the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Is this a ballot question? Or is it the new healthcare?<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. How much are Canadians actually willing to pay?<\/strong> [I don’t for the life of me believe that 61% of Canadians would cut their driving in half]<\/p>\n

6. If this becomes a ballot question, which party does it help the most?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The media has been hyping the environment as a major political issue over the past few months and today’s Globe featured a complete front page spread, pages upon pages of articles, and even green trim on the title. Inside, they publish the results from the latest Gregg poll: How likely is it that you would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}