When surveyed in September 2022, over three-quarters of Canadians believed that the government should reduce the income gap between rich and poor. This opinion was more widely shared among Canadians supporting the New Democratic Party (94 percent) and Bloc Québécois sympathizers (89 percent), than among Conservative Party supporters (58 percent) and among Canadians not supporting any particular party (74 percent).
Public opinion on whether the government should reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor in Canada in 2022, by political party support
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Environics Institute. (December 9, 2022). Public opinion on whether the government should reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor in Canada in 2022, by political party support [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396475/canadians-views-government-should-reduce-income-inequality-party/
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