Vice: Canadians to the government: stop trying to make C-51 happen

The more Canadians learn about secret police Bill C-51, the more they want the government to scrap it. That's why it's so important for you to join our final push to stop C-51 Article by Justin Ling for Vice As Stephen Harper's controversial anti-terrorism bill clips through Parliament, en route to becoming law by the summer, public opposition is threatening to take wind out of the prime minister's sails.

Of the Canadians who are aware of C-51, 56 percent oppose the bill while just 33 percent endorse it, according to a Forum Research poll provided exclusively to VICE News.

That's an 11-point swing over Forum's last poll, which was conducted for VICE two weeks prior, when only a bare majority of those who were aware of the bill opposed it.

The news gets worse for Harper, as one of the biggest drops in support for the bill is amongst his own kind.

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