The findings of a survey released today by Maru Public Opinion undertaken for the Canadian Women's Foundation finds a gap between the desire to end violence and the ability to support victims.

Further, while just one quarter (23%) of Canadians feel intimate partner violence is none of their business if it doesn't directly involve them, almost half (46%) say the issue feels too big for them to play a role in ending it.

It is a rare moment in history when it seems almost the entire world is in lockstep. The Putin invasion of Ukraine has stunned and affected so many as it plays out in real time for all to witness.

Maru Public Opinion has been surveying the impact on public opinion over the past week, posting the results of findings from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, to our polling release site.

The following is a synopsis of how Canadians have reacted. It combines the results from two waves into a narrative where the numbers simply speak for themselves.

The results of a survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds a significant majority (74%) of Canadians who say 200,000 refugees should be allowed into Canada now, and an extraordinary 6,500,000 adult Canadians who vow that if they could they’d travel to fight the Russians on Ukrainian soil.

The results of a survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds Canadians in near unanimity (91%) standing with the people of Ukraine in full opposition to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. As a backdrop to that, a majority (62%) believe that Putin’s veiled threat to use nuclear weapons was real and not a bluff. Perhaps because of this, and what they are absorbing daily, while only one-in-six (17%) Canadians believe absolutely that we are witnessing the start of World War III, another two-thirds (63%) say it’s possible we could slide into it via the current conflict.

As police begin to wade into the Ottawa encampments, the results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion find that when Canadians reflect on all that has happened over the last three weeks with respect to the “trucker” protesters and their impact on various cities, infrastructure, politics, police, and personnel, their faith been shaken to the core with respect to some of the most fundamental notions that their country is based on. It may also have opened the door to those political organizations who embrace the rule of law as a rhetorical verve to energize current or gain new followers.

The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds two-thirds (66%) of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bringing in the Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the protests across the country.

The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds that as federal and provincial leaders seemingly race to lower or eliminate societal restrictions to prevent the spread and impact of COVID (and possibly as a concession to protesters who demanded such over the past three weeks) all things considered, unless their local hospitals/ICUs are affected by a sudden surge that compromises the care for people, two thirds (64%) of Canadians say it’s time to drop the restrictions imposed on Canadians because of COVID and we should start to live with the virus.

The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion doesn’t find many Canadians sending Valentine’s Day wishes to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with only one-in-six (17%) thinking he’s looked strong in acting to stop the ongoing truckers' protests, an equal number (17%) who think he’s used every opportunity to calm things down and find a solution, and just three-in-ten (29%) who think he’s acted like a prime minister should in the face of the protest. The findings suggest that the Prime Minister’s own political capital has been seriously impacted and compromised by how he has responded to the ongoing and intransigent trucker’s protest.

As police move forward at the Ambassador Bridge and attempt to dislodge intransigent protesters, a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion indicates that only one-in-five (20%) Canadians fully support the truckers—both what they are protesting about and how they are going about it.

As for potential consequences that could be meted out, the survey finds that in just two of the many measured, six-in-ten (58%) Canadians would have drivers face fines and potential jail terms of up to two years and even more (66%) would have those aiding and abetting drivers in their protests charged with fines and potential jail terms.

The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds two-thirds (64%) of Canadians believe Canada’s democracy is being threatened by a group of protesters and they must be stopped immediately—and only one-in-five (20%) fully support the truckers—both what they are protesting about and how they are going about it.

The results of a national survey released today by Maru Public Opinion for Meridian reveals that while millennials are proactive about their finances — and strongly value money equity, and openness in their partnered relationships — a majority (55%) also admit they find dealing with money to be stressful and overwhelming.

The study of millennials’ money and their partnered relationships by Meridian (Ontario's largest credit union, and second largest in Canada) also involved comparisons between those classified as millennials (born 1981-1996), Generation X (born 1965-1980), and baby boomers (born 1955-1964).

Maru Public Opinion released the results today of a survey that finds a vast majority (79%) of Canadian full-time workers would be willing to shorten their current five-day work week (averaging eight hours a day) to a four-day work week (averaging ten hours a day)—and do it for the same amount of pay that they’re getting now.

Those full-time workers most likely to sign up for this change in their schedule can be found foremost in Manitoba/Saskatchewan (83%), followed by those working in Ontario (82%), Alberta (81%), Atlantic Canada (77%), British Columbia (75%), and Québec (74%).