Seems to me if you look at the actual poll it's really not bad, in fact it's pretty good.
The article takes a decidedly glass half empty sort of look at things.
For example:
'1.7 million would not welcome someone of another race as their neighbor'.
Maybe. But 92% of respondents said they would welcome someone of another race as their neighbor.
And outside quebec, the number of 'profoundly ######ed' drops significantly. Even in good old redneck alberta, the supposed hotbed of intolerance, just 5% of people somewhat or strongly agreed with that statement. Is that bad? Sure. But you can find 5% of people to somewhat or strongly agree on just about anything. That's about as close to 0 as you're going to get.
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