Less than one-third of Canadians have a "high trust" in the federal government, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA)..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, only “large media organizations" and celebrities had lower scores on the trust scale..“Trust, particularly in the government and healthcare sector, is central to the effectiveness of public health measures,” said a PHA report. .“While respondents have a lot of trust in hospitals and healthcare workers, trust in the federal government (e.g. the Public Health Agency) is much lower.”.Canadians were asked, “Using a ten-point scale where 10 is a very high level of trust, how much do you trust the following people and organizations?” .Doctors and nurses were trusted by 56%, scientists by 52%, and family and friends by 42%..Only 32% had “high trust” in the federal government, followed by respondents’ provincial government (26%), “journalists and reporters working for large media organizations” (18%), “ordinary people” (12%), “people I follow on social media” (8%) and celebrities (8%)..“Celebrities and the people respondents follow on social media are trusted the least by respondents,” said the report Use of Public Health Measures, Advice and Risk Assessment Survey. .“Notably, journalists and reporters working for large media organizations are trusted less than the federal government by survey respondents.”.The results were from 6,200 respondents from all over the country and nine federal focus groups. The PHA spent $172,237 for Abacus Data to conduct this research..The findings come after a report from the PHA on June 8, which recognized that people's lack of trust in national experts grew as the pandemic continued..“Asked what the remedy might be for restoring trust, participants suggested being honest and admit your mistakes,” said the report The Impact of the Pandemic Experience on Future Vaccine-Related Intentions and Behaviour..“People want factual, balanced, unbiased and politically neutral information that includes source attribution,” said the $171,545 report by Earnscliffe Strategy Group. About a fifth of Canadians, 17%, said they were less likely to trust the Government of Canada than before the pandemic..“In discussion around how their trust in information sources had been affected by their pandemic experience, there were few who indicated their trust in any source had increased and many who indicated having lost trust,” said Pandemic Experience..“This much was echoed by health care professionals who indicated their patients’ trust in at least one level of government had waned,” wrote researchers. .“Health care professionals explained information from the government was fast-evolving, not always clear and at times contradictory.”
Less than one-third of Canadians have a "high trust" in the federal government, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA)..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, only “large media organizations" and celebrities had lower scores on the trust scale..“Trust, particularly in the government and healthcare sector, is central to the effectiveness of public health measures,” said a PHA report. .“While respondents have a lot of trust in hospitals and healthcare workers, trust in the federal government (e.g. the Public Health Agency) is much lower.”.Canadians were asked, “Using a ten-point scale where 10 is a very high level of trust, how much do you trust the following people and organizations?” .Doctors and nurses were trusted by 56%, scientists by 52%, and family and friends by 42%..Only 32% had “high trust” in the federal government, followed by respondents’ provincial government (26%), “journalists and reporters working for large media organizations” (18%), “ordinary people” (12%), “people I follow on social media” (8%) and celebrities (8%)..“Celebrities and the people respondents follow on social media are trusted the least by respondents,” said the report Use of Public Health Measures, Advice and Risk Assessment Survey. .“Notably, journalists and reporters working for large media organizations are trusted less than the federal government by survey respondents.”.The results were from 6,200 respondents from all over the country and nine federal focus groups. The PHA spent $172,237 for Abacus Data to conduct this research..The findings come after a report from the PHA on June 8, which recognized that people's lack of trust in national experts grew as the pandemic continued..“Asked what the remedy might be for restoring trust, participants suggested being honest and admit your mistakes,” said the report The Impact of the Pandemic Experience on Future Vaccine-Related Intentions and Behaviour..“People want factual, balanced, unbiased and politically neutral information that includes source attribution,” said the $171,545 report by Earnscliffe Strategy Group. About a fifth of Canadians, 17%, said they were less likely to trust the Government of Canada than before the pandemic..“In discussion around how their trust in information sources had been affected by their pandemic experience, there were few who indicated their trust in any source had increased and many who indicated having lost trust,” said Pandemic Experience..“This much was echoed by health care professionals who indicated their patients’ trust in at least one level of government had waned,” wrote researchers. .“Health care professionals explained information from the government was fast-evolving, not always clear and at times contradictory.”
