CBC SERIES | Poll examines Canadian attitudes towards energy and pipelines

CBC has commissioned a poll to find out how Canadians feel about a variety of topics making headlines these days — including pipelines. This week we break down the numbers.

EKOS polled 2,100 Canadians on energy, environment and economy

CBC News · Posted: Mar 13, 2016 10:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 21, 2016

Our CBC series tied to an EKOS research poll looked at what Canadians think of Alberta and the energy sector. (CBC)

CBC commissioned EKOS to survey how Canadians feel about a variety of topics making headlines these days — including pipelines.

This week we break down the numbers.

A country conflicted

Canadians appear torn between a rising environmental ethic and deep anxieties about the economy. We talk with oil workers in Alberta, Manitobans and Quebecers along the Energy East pipeline route to give context to the discussion.

What comes first: the economy, energy or the environment?

Justin and Leanne Mills talk about the impact of Alberta's economic downturn with CBC. (Colin Hall/CBC)

Support for Alberta

The poll showed strong support for hard hit Alberta among many Canadians right now, but it's not universal. We ask if some Canadians are enjoying Alberta's pain right now.

Are Canadians enjoying Alberta's reversal of fortune? Nope

The Engebretsen family of Lloydminster, Alta., keeps smiling despite enduring a tough year and a half since the price of oil began to plummet. (Colin Hall/CBC)

Can we have it both?

When it comes to taking care of the planet and taking care of our family, do we really have to pick one over the other?

Economy and environment weigh heavy on Canadians: EKOS-CBC poll

The economy, the environment, or both? How Canadian attitudes are shifting

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Frank Graves, president of EKOS Research, shares the findings of a new poll that measures how Canadians rank environmental, economic, and energy concerns.

Pipelines

Energy East has the broadest support of any pipeline project in Canada, but there are significant differences in pipeline support in different provinces in the country. Our survey identifies where support is strongest and weakest.

40% of Canadians against new oil pipelines, poll suggests

Marcellin Bélanger spoke to CBC from his family's maple tree farm in L'Islet, Quebec. (Bernard Huard/Radio-Canada)

NEB support

Do Canadians trust the National Energy Board? We take a look at what Canadians think about the federal agency responsible for building a sustainable energy future in the country.

NEB lacks public trust, poll suggests

A man holds a sign while marching to a protest outside National Energy Board hearings on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Burnaby, B.C. (Canadian Press)

Our green energy future

The world will get off oil eventually, but whether that happens in 2030, 2050 or 2070 obviously matters a great deal — especially to a resource-dependent economies such as Canada. We look at how perceptions about the future prospects for the global oil economy may affect energy infrastructure decisions being made today.

ANALYSIS | The electric car and Canada's oil future

Before the world can kick its oil addiction, it will need to change the way it drives. (Shizuo Kambayashi/AP)

The age gap

The survey data suggests a split between younger Canadians and mature Canadians when it comes to energy, the environment and the economy. We take a closer look at this divide — and what it could mean.

Young Canadians more likely to see a future without oil and gas

Young Canadians, like Joanna Skrajny, Esther Bogorov and Andrea Johancsik, see a future less dependent on fossil fuels. (Brooks DeCillia)

Interactive

It's no secret that times are tough in Alberta right now. We all feel it — some more than others. But how does the rest of Canada feel? We breakdown the numbers.