Summary
"This report examined the responses of 1,703 Canadians in March 2005 to a variety of
knowledge, opinion and experienced-based questions in relation to the Anti-Terrorism Act
(ATA), as well as other post-9/11 security measures. In order to address concerns raised
in previous research conducted by the Department that visible minority Canadians may be
disproportionately affected by the ATA and other security measures, this study over-sampled
people who self-identified as belonging to a visible minority group. In order to determine if
visible minority respondents were disproportionately affected, their responses were compared to
non-minority respondents. In addition to the overall results, only statistically significant
differences between visible minority and non-minority respondents are provided in this report.
The survey includes five sections: awareness and concern surrounding terrorism and antiterrorism
legislation, the application of terrorism-related legislation, racial profiling in Canada,
impact of the legislation and the experiences of the respondents when crossing borders and
passing through airport security. The discussion and conclusion provide a synthesis and analysis
of the results of this survey."--Page v.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Purpose -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Results -- 5.1. Awareness and concern -- 5.2. Application -- 5.3. Racial profiling -- 5.4. Impact -- 5.5. Crossing borders and airport experiences -- 5.5.1. Air travel within Canada -- 5.5.2. Air travel between Canada and U.S. -- 5.5.3. Air travel between Canada and countries outside North America -- 5.5.4. Travel between Canada and U.S. other than by air -- 5.5.5. Returning to Canada --
6. Discussion and conclusion --
References --
Appendix A. Draft questionnaire --
Appendix B. Tables.