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Warm December an uneasy pleasure for many Canadians: survey

Leger finds majority enjoyed weather even as it worried them, blame climate change
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Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. An ice fog hangs over steaming neighbourhoods during a cold snap in Calgary on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests.

Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier this month after a December that set records for warm temperatures.

Almost three-quarters of them thought climate change was the cause of a balmy holiday that was many degrees above normal across almost the entire country.

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