As the party leader continues their cross-country tour, a new national survey by Ottawa-based Abacus Data finds that, except for Jack Layton, the main party leaders are viewed unfavourably by Canadians. The Abacus Data survey asked Canadians whether they had a favourable or unfavourable impression of the three main party leaders. Overall, Jack Layton was [...]
Kris Sims, QMI Agency As political leaders stump their way across Canada in the federal election, a new national survey shows many of the voters they are meeting don’t actually like them much. In a new poll, in which participants were asked to rank leaders on a “favourability” index, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff ranked lowest, [...]
March 30, 2011 AFP MONTREAL – A majority of Canadians say Prime Minister Stephen Harper should interrupt his election campaign to attend Prince William’s wedding in London, according to poll results released Tuesday. The Abacus Data poll showed 59 per cent of Canadians want the conservative leader to attend Britain’s biggest royal wedding for 30 [...]
By David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief OTTAWA — A new poll says most Canadians think Prime Minister Stephen Harper should shelve his re-election campaign and get himself to Westminster Abbey next month for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which many believe will be the social event of the decade. Harper and his [...]
March 30, 2011 QMI Agency Sun News Network, the upstart all-news and talk television network, said Tuesday it had teamed up with one of Canada’s bright new market research firms, Abacus Data Inc., to provide it with polls on everything from voting intentions to attitudes about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision not to attend the [...]
Although a majority of Canadians (51%) said they are not interested in the marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton taking place on April 29, a new poll from Abacus Data finds that six in ten Canadians (59%) believe that the Prime Minister should attend the wedding, even though the wedding is three days before [...]
A new national survey by Ottawa-based Abacus Data finds that the Conservative Party holds a 9-point lead over the Liberal Party in the early days of the campaign. Nationally, the Conservative Party was the choice of 36% of decided voters while 27% of Canadians said they would vote Liberal. The NDP was at 20%, followed [...]
Last month, a new book edited by my PhD supervisor, Lisa Young, and another great Canadian political scientist, Harold Janson, was released by UBC Press. Money, Politics, and Democracy: Canada’s Party Finance Reforms takes a comprehensive look at the origins of the 2003 election finance reforms and the impact they have had on elections, political [...]
As warmer weather and sunshine starts teasing us with spring, it’s time to start thinking about putting away the skis and getting back on the bicycle. With the ProTour making two stops in Quebec (Montreal and Quebec City) this year, it’s an exciting time to be a cyclist in Canada. Essentially the ‘world cup’ of [...]
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