Canadian Trust In Government

The purpose of my survey is to research Canadian’s and their trust in government following the 2015 Federal Election. During the election, The Liberal Party of Canada used Canadian's diminishing trust in the Harper Government to develop a campaign based on change and an open and inclusive government. Canadians responded well to this approach, and this was demonstrated through an increase in voter turnout and a majority government for the Liberals. I developed this survey out of interest specifically in trust in government following this election. Do Canadians trust their new government? If they don’t, what could the government do better?
This survey uses a number of variables to measure the respondent’s trust in government such as political
Reza Nakhaie examines the influence of social capital on the political participation specifically of Canadian citizens and immigrants. The conclusions drawn are based off of data collected from The Survey of Social Engagement in Canada, conducted by Statistics Canada in 2003. They use the information gathered from this survey to prove that social capital, trust, and volunteering are all main indicators of political participation. This source provided beneficial information on the relationship between trust and political participation and also additional insight into social capital and its influence on political participation. Additionally, it suggests that voluntary participation in organizations indicates more engagement in political discussion and more interest in politics than those who do not. The conclusions of this article suggests that trust and political participation are correlated, and voluntary participation and social capital can be used to indicate political participation. This information is relevant to my research because it provides a starting point to measuring trust in government. It suggests that trust in government can be measured by political participation, and political participation can then be indicated by voluntary participation in organizations and social capital. Because of this research, I included questions on my survey which asks respondents about political involvement and interest
The analysis uses information gathered from Canadian Election Studies (CES) from 1968 to 2004 by comparing provincial differences in political attitudes and as well as indicators of political culture at both provincial and federal levels of government. The paper argues that provinces are impacted by shared history and events which shape their political attitudes, and this is why we must examine both levels to understand trust in government. An example provided in the article uses responses from Quebecers in Canadian Election Studies to demonstrate how provincial political attitudes can change trust in other levels of government. They asked respondents to identify where on a scale they would place their attachment to their province and then to their country. The prediction was that because of Quebecers strong provincial identity that they would identify more closely with their province than other Canadians. Instead, they had a similar attachment to their province as other Canadians, the difference was that they identified less with Canada as a nation. This supports the argument that Canadians political attitudes towards government must be evaluated on both a provincial and federal level because there may be discrepancies between the two. Prior to