Before the Bell: Climate Change and the Environment
Will climate change and the environment be a ballot box question this year? David Coletto joins the team at the Sixth Estate and a stellar line up of guests to discuss the issue. Hosted by veteran journalist Catherine Clark, the show is broken down into three segments. In The Pulse, we ask opinions of expert guest pundits
Crystal Ball Gazing for 2019
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto As 2018 wraped up we asked Canadians to tell us how likely and how desirable a series of possible events would be in the coming year. Here’s what the results revealed: HOPES FOR 2019 • Almost everyone hopes for a scientific or technological breakthrough that can accelerate progress in
Trudeau, Scheer, or Singh: Who would most likely…
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto How people think about political leaders has to do with a lot of factors, well beyond their policy positions. Voters develop a sense of what kind of person they are, whether they can be trusted in different ways. To help shed light on how Canadians are thinking about the
Assessment of the Trudeau Government at Year End
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto OVERALL APPROVAL OF THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT Across the country, 42% approve of the performance of the Trudeau government, and 39% disapprove. Approval is down 3 points since November while disapproval is up five points. Since March 2018, the government’s approval rating has hovered between 42% and 45% with disapproval
Canada’s political mood as 2018 comes to an end
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto As we close out 2018 and look to 2019, we surveyed 2,000 Canadian adults and explored their views on federal politics and how they were feeling about the direction of the country. Here’s the first of a series of releases, detailing what we found: DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY By
Public perceptions remain a major hurdle to gender equity in politics
By David Coletto & Oksana Kishchuk On behalf of Equal Voice, we asked 2,000 Canadian men and women (those 18 and over) their views on politics, political participation, and what can be done to increase women’s involvement in politics. This work is an extension of the study we conducted in 2017 called Finding Parity. Here’s
Liberals see an uptick; Conservative growth stalls
By Bruce Anderson and David Coletto In an election held tomorrow, 38% would vote for the Liberal Party, 31% Conservative and 16% for the NDP. These numbers are similar to the levels of support each party found the last time Canadians went to the polls. Regionally the Liberals hold a 7-point lead in BC, a
Alberta Pulse: UCP leads over NDP thanks to a more united right
THE UNITED CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADS THE NDP BY 15 AS 77% OF FORMER WILDROSE AND PC PARTY SUPPORTERS NOW SUPPORT THE UCP. By David Coletto About three and a half years ago, the NDP surprised many in Alberta and across the country by winning a majority government in a province that had never elected the
Can the Conservatives win in 2019 by running against carbon pricing? It’s no slam dunk.
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto In our latest national survey, we asked respondents a series of questions about climate change, the federal approach to deal with the issue, and what they know and think about the federal leaders and their approach to climate change. Here’s what we found: THE SCALE OF THE CLIMATE ISSUE
For most Canadians, the world is in trouble.
Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Canadians may be somewhat divided as to whether the country is heading in the right direction (40%) or off on the wrong track (37%), but compared to what we see in the rest of the world, the consensus seems to be things could be worse. Around the world, only 16%
