Poll finding that 83% of Canadians support financial disclosure widely cited as Russ Hiebert proposed new law
OTTAWA — A poll used by B.C. Conservative MP Russ Hiebert to argue there is wide public support for his controversial union disclosure bill is the subject of a disciplinary review by the organization that sets polling standards, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
The 2011 poll was paid for by the Canadian LabourWatch Association, a Vancouver-based organization that is partly funded by non-unionized construction firms and provides, among other things, information on how to decertify unions.
Two Saskatchewan academics have argued since late 2011 that the poll by Nanos Research doesn’t give an accurate picture about public attitudes on disclosure of union spending practices.
