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Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without being fully informed: poll
CANADA, JUL 30 – A July poll found 57% of Canadians wanted more local news to better assess candidates amid reduced coverage after Meta blocked news on its platforms in 2023.
- On July 30, 2025, Ipsos and the Public Policy Forum reported that 57 per cent of respondents believed they lacked enough information to vote in April’s election.
- Amid a collapse of local outlets, the report finds candidates used social media instead of local reporters, with Meta stopping Canadian news access in 2025.
- National media influenced 46 per cent of voters, word-of-mouth 35 per cent, according to Ipsos and the Public Policy Forum.
- Facing information gaps, the authors recommend establishing a non-partisan election fund to improve election coverage, Ipsos and the Public Policy Forum suggest.
- The report titled Uncovered: How to build back election coverage for a better democracy, set for release Thursday, outlines measures to improve local news access based on a survey conducted by Ipsos and the Public Policy Forum earlier this month.
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Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
TORONTO - A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians believe they didn’t have enough information or needed more to cast their ballot in the last federal election.
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Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without being fully informed: poll
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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TORONTO — A new survey revealed that more than half of Canadians felt they did not have enough information or needed more to vote in the last federal election. The Ipsos survey indicated that 57% of respondents felt that they did not have enough local information or could have used more to assess candidates in April. Many respondents cited social media as one of their most influential sources of information, with 14% specifically citing Facebook…
·Richelieu, Canada
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Total News Sources25
Leaning Left12Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution71% Left
Bias Distribution
- 71% of the sources lean Left
71% Left
L 71%
C 24%
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