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Poll respondents split on federal gov's use of Emergencies Act

About half of those surveyed say it was the right thing to do; about half say it wasn't.
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So far, 170 protesters have been arrested since Thursday.

The Squamish Chief polled 388 readers and asked the question: Do you support PM Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act for 'illegal' blockades?

The poll ran from 2/14/2022 to 2/22/2022. Of the 388 votes, we can determine that 141 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 48.94 % local, 46.39 % total    
No 41.13 % local, 46.91 % total    
Depends on how it is going to be enforced. 9.93 % local, 6.70 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Squamish Chief readers that are located in Squamish. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.93%, 19 times out of 20.

The Squamish Chief uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

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