SOCIETAL LEADERS NOT TRUSTED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT Per cent trust, in Canada - 0 + Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021 77 64 58 51 45 37 39 -3 -3 +3 -7 n/a -14 -6 Religious leaders CEOs Government leaders Journalists My employer CEO People in my local Scientists community 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_PEP. Below is a list of groups of people. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that group of people to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Attributes shown to half of the sample; “My employer CEO” only shown to those that are an employee (Q43/1). General population, Canada. 20