Polls
April 27, 2017 (Montréal, QC) – A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll produced for the Montreal Gazette finds only 7% of Quebecers say their opinions of Bombardier have improved over the past few weeks with 51% saying their opinions have gotten worse. The Mainstreet/Postmedia poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.53 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
“Ever since news of Bombardier’s executive compensation became a topic of public conversation they have experienced a backlash” said David Valentin, Executive Vice-President of Mainstreet Research. “We have seen everything from protests to politicians attempting to reign in Bombardier in the National Assembly.
“Despite Bombardier taking some action to lower compensation for executives, a majority of Quebecers still say their opinions of the company has gotten worse (51%). Another 25% say their opinions have stayed the same over the past few weeks.”
“Non-Francophone respondents are registering almost double the support for Bombardier as Francophone respondents. Among age cohorts, it’s Quebec’s seniors who are the most likely to say their opinion has improved, but even then it is only 9%.”
“Ultimately there may not be any real consequences to Bombardier at all. While some individual executives may be affected, it remains to be seen if there will be any real lasting consequences to a company that is receiving financial support from both the provincial and federal government. That’s more likely is that politicians will be more careful about negotiating these sorts of funding arrangements in the future – though even that is no guarantee if political interests take priority, as they often do.”
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