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Of the 545 Albertans who believed in climate change, only 55% said it was caused by human activity. That was on par with respondents in Atlantic Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but very different from Quebec and B.C., where 78% and 72% respectively attributed the change to non-natural phenomena. About 64% of Ontarians surveyed believed the same.

While it should probably come as little surprise to see Albertans favouring policies that serve their own economic interests, the rest of Canada seems just as ready to do the same.

While the rest of the country overwhelmingly opposes Keystone XL and Northern Gateway, they seem to have no compunctions about benefiting from the wealth those pipelines and the oil in them would help generate.

About 60% of Canadians believe provincial resource extraction revenues should be shared equally. In Ontario 72%, felt this way, as well as 69% of Liberal supporters. Approximately a third of Albertans tend to welcome the idea of sharing the wealth.

“[Central Canada] wants to eat their cake and have it too, right. You have to forgive people who want to do that, I think. It’s kind of a human trait,” Mr. Bozinoff said.

“That probably bothers people in the industry and in Alberta. People in the east are consuming plastics and everything else.”

[Central Canada] wants to eat their cake and have it too

The survey found Canadians are split more by their region on these issues than by income, gender or education.

Following other polls, the survey also recorded an emergent Justin Trudeau. Canadians were asked which leader was best able to represent the interests of their respective regions. On the whole, they were about equally split between the new Liberal leader and Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. About a quarter of the respondents said Mr. Harper was best able to represent their region. That tracked with the 27% who awarded the distinction to Mr. Trudeau.