VANCOUVER—Canadians are becoming more polarized, as the gap in trust levels between the haves and the have-nots is now among the largest in the world, according to a global survey by Edelman. ( Codie McLachlan / Star Edmonton )Nearly three in four people in this so-called “informed public” group in Canada said they trust large institutions. In contrast, only half of respondents who don’t fit that group, the “mass population,” said they trust those institutions. Article Continued Below“Originally, the study was done only among the ... informed public,” a spokesperson at Edelman confirmed in an email. In Edelman’s most recent survey conducted in the fall of 2018, only the United Kingdom had more trust inequality between the “informed public” and “mass population” than Canada.

Source: thestar February 16, 2019 01:52 UTC