PANDEMIC ACCELERATES JOB LOSS FEARS Per cent who agree, in Canada As a result of the pandemic, I worry that the pandemic will accelerate a portion of our workforce has the rate at which companies replace seen their work hours reduced human workers with AI and robots or their jobs eliminated A large percentage A small percentage 50% 49% 18 32 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. LAY_OFFS. Has the organization you work for had to lay-off or furlough any employees as a result of the economic impact of the pandemic? Code 1, yes, a large Per centage; code 2, yes, a small Per centage. Question asked of those who are an employee (Q43/1). Total layoff/furlough Per centage is a sum of code 1 and 2. SOC_AGR. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, Canada. 11