Polls
November 3, 2015 (Toronto, ON) – A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll finds most Calgarians are not in favour of immediately renaming Calgary International Airport after outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper though 19% support doing so and 45% would be open to the idea at a later date. With 1,073 respondents the poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.99 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
“There’s a relatively small group of people who support renaming the airport immediately and a relatively small number that are opposed no matter the circumstance but most are open-minded to the idea in the future,” said Quito Maggi, President of Mainstreet Research. “This is probably the wrong time to poll this question and the wrong time for this idea – he just lost the election. I think the idea would have more traction in the future, but not now.”
“1 in 5 Calgarians aren’t sure what to make of the proposal, so there is room for both sides to argue their case, but for now the vast majority are happy to leave Calgary International Airport the way it is. They’re not saying no forever, but not now,” he finished.
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Mainstreet is a national public research firm. With 20 years of political experience at all three levels of government, President and CEO Quito Maggi is a respected commentator on Canadian public affairs.
Differentiated by its large sample sizes, Mainstreet Research has provided accurate snapshots of public opinion, having predicted a majority NDP government in Alberta, a majority Liberal government in British Columbia and a majority Liberal government in Ontario. Mainstreet has been the most accurate polling firm in several by elections and the most recent Toronto mayoral election. Most recently, Mainstreet was the only polling firm to correctly predict a Liberal majority government in the 2015 federal election.
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