As Conservatives Choose and the NDP Race Heats Up, Where Things Stand in Canadian Politics.
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto It’s been just over a year and a half since the last federal election. Conservatives across the country have been mailing in ballots and their new leader will be known next weekend. The NDP race may now have a final lineup set and switch into a higher gear. As
Transition from Fossil Fuels? Not all that Controversial.
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto One of the most topical political debates in Canada in recent months has been about how much our economy should depend in the future on harnessing fossil fuel resources. In our latest survey, we decided to do some more probing to understand current feelings. • Canadians tend to believe
A Tepid Economic Temperature: Is Class Conflict Coming to Canada?
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Over the years, we’ve explored how people feel about the economy in a number of different ways. In our latest survey, we were interested to see what we would find if we used the same questions Gallup has used to measure the sentiments of Americans and to see how
Disruption in the Canadian News Business
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Yesterday we looked at news bias and fake news. In our latest survey, we examined a range of questions about how Canadians access news content with a focus on TV news and newspapers. This is our second release on this topic. Here’s what we found: • About one in
Canadian News Media And “Fake News” Under A Microscope
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto In our latest survey, we examined a range of questions about how Canadians see the media today and their exposure to “fake news”. Over the next few days we will release three reports on what we learned. Here’s what we found: • People are twice as likely to sayTrade, Trump & Milk: How Canadians React To Tough Talk
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto The large majority of Canadians (92%) are happy with the range and quality of dairy products available in Canada, and two thirds are satisfied with prices. This view that the market is working reasonably well today creates an important context in which the recent statements by President Trump willFinding Parity: Canadian Opinions About Women in Politics
By David Coletto In partnership with Equal Voice and in recognition of International Women’s Day and Equal Voice’s Daughters of the Vote initiative, we conducted a national survey of over 2,100 Canadian adults and asked them a range of questions about their views and perceptions about women in politics. Here are the top 5 findings
Is Prime Minister Trudeau losing the Millennials?
By David Coletto Recently, a CBC opinion journalist asserted that Millennials had “finally fallen out of love” with Justin Trudeau because of his decision not to pursue electoral reform. The argument was that electoral reform was so important to Millennials that this breach of faith was a final straw in the relationship. Millennials are those
Federal Politics More Competitive; Reviews of Trudeau Trump Meeting Are Positive
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto The Canadian political dynamic is more competitive, largely because of shifting results in Ontario: where the Liberal brand has lost a bit of appeal and we see strengthening interest in the Conservatives. In BC, the Liberals remain well ahead, but the NDP have picked up some ground in the
Is Kevin O’Leary the Winner Conservatives Are Looking For?
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Last week, we surveyed several thousand Canadians and asked them questions about some of the prominent names in the Conservative leadership race (O’Leary, Bernier, Raitt, Leitch, and Scheer). We also explored for perceptions of some of the names that come up most often in discussions about the NDP leadership.
