Joe Bachetti and Jen Strong discussing:
Today's AM800 Newspoll question: Do you agree with a new poll that suggests a majority of Canadians feel their right to freedom of speech is in danger?
More than half of Canadians say freedom of speech is under threat, new poll suggests
A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians feel their right to freedom of speech is in danger.
The Leger online survey found 57 per cent of respondents who said free speech in Canada is under threat.
Of those, 34 per cent said it was ``somewhat'' threatened, while 23 per cent said they consider the threat a serious one.
Some 36 per cent said their free-speech rights were in no danger, while seven per cent said they didn't know or did not answer.
Three out of four respondents _ 76 per cent _ said they currently feel comfortable expressing their views, but only 71 per cent when it comes to more controversial subjects such as abortion, gun control and immigration.
Leger surveyed 1,610 Canadians from April 26 to April 28. Online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population