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Poll result: Majority of readers didn't mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

Just over 50 per cent of readers who answered the poll said they had no plans to recognize the day
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell
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Students in Hugh Boyd secondary's social justice class created a scaled timeline as a part of their museum display for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Michael Taylor

Richmond News polled 162 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Do you plan to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?

The poll ran from 9/29/2022 to 10/3/2022. Of the 162 votes, we can determine that 55 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 41.82 % local, 38.89 % total    
Maybe 12.73 % local, 10.49 % total    
No 45.45 % local, 50.62 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Richmond. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 7.7%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.