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Poll: 58 per cent of qathet respondents disagreed with cancelling school on September 19

Majority not in favour of students not going to class on day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral
Queen Elizabeth Times Colonist photo
B.C. Premier John Horgan announced he'd be following the federal government's lead in declaring a national day of mourning September 19 to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.Times Colonist

The Peak polled 754 readers and asked the question: Do you agree with the BC government's decision to cancel school for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral?

The poll ran from 9/14/2022 to 9/20/2022. Of the 754 votes, we can determine that 420 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 41.43 % local, 39.52 % total    
No 58.57 % local, 60.48 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of Peak readers who are located in the qathet region. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 3.47%, 19 times out of 20.

The Peak 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.