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Quebecers support a right to cooling during heat waves, poll finds
A Leger poll of 1,002 respondents found 48% are likelier to back parties with heat-wave measures, as advocates push for cooler public spaces and building-code changes.
Three-Quarters of Quebecers support recognizing a right to coolness to ensure safe places during heat waves, according to a Léger poll.
Seventy-Four percent of respondents back the Quebec government recognizing a right to living conditions with safe temperatures for human health.
Sixty-Four percent of respondents experienced at least one effect of extreme heat in the past three years.
Respondents cited preventing health problems, protecting vulnerable people, and reducing hospital pressure as main reasons to act against heat waves.