The majority of Canadians would agree with bringing back the death penalty for murder, according to a new poll by Research Co.
Of 1,000 Canadian adults polled between March 10 to March 12, 54 percent said they supported capital punishment for those convicted of murder, a three point increase since a similar poll roughly one year ago, in February 2022.
Albertans were most in favour of the death penalty at 62 percent, following by Saskatchewan and Manitoba, at 60 percent. Ontario and British Columbia each sat at 58 percent respectively, with Atlantic Canada at 55 percent.
Those in Quebec were least in favour of capital punishment, as the death penalty is sometimes referred, at 43 percent….