but anyway...coffee tables, ladders 'over there' and such.
A majority of Canadians say they feel safe in most public spaces like churches and movie theatres, a new poll indicates. But most also remain wary of the threat posed to Canada by terrorist groups like the so-called Islamic State.
The survey, conducted by Ipsos for Global News, relied on a sample of 2,002 Canadians interviewed between Dec. 16 and 18, 2015.
Overall, more than 85 per cent of respondents across the country said they felt “very safe” or “somewhat safe” in a restaurant, movie theatre or place of worship, with fewer than five per cent saying they do not feel safe “at all” while frequenting these spaces.
“When you go to other countries, they make a direct link between the threat of terrorism and their safety in public places,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO at Ipsos Public Affairs.
That connection doesn’t necessarily exist in the minds of Canadians, he explained.
A majority of Canadians say they feel safe in most public spaces like churches and movie theatres, a new poll indicates. But most also remain wary of the threat posed to Canada by terrorist groups like the so-called Islamic State.
The survey, conducted by Ipsos for Global News, relied on a sample of 2,002 Canadians interviewed between Dec. 16 and 18, 2015.
Overall, more than 85 per cent of respondents across the country said they felt “very safe” or “somewhat safe” in a restaurant, movie theatre or place of worship, with fewer than five per cent saying they do not feel safe “at all” while frequenting these spaces.
“When you go to other countries, they make a direct link between the threat of terrorism and their safety in public places,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO at Ipsos Public Affairs.
That connection doesn’t necessarily exist in the minds of Canadians, he explained.
“By and large, Canadians feel pretty safe,” Bricker noted. “We really haven’t seen (terrorist attacks) on our soil. The one significant attack we experienced happened on Parliament Hill, not in a restaurant … People see it on television, read about it on the Internet, see it as ‘over there’ … they haven’t transposed that experience.”
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