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A Note of Thanks and a Look Ahead from Abacus Data CEO, David Coletto

As 2025 comes to a close, I want to take a moment to look back at the year we have had at Abacus Data and share a bit about where we are heading in 2026. But above all, I want to say thank you. This year has reminded me just how fortunate we are to […]

From “Carney, Who?” to the Centre of Gravity: 18 Months Through Abacus Data Polling

This piece has a simple goal. It is not to praise Mark Carney or to criticize him. It is not to argue that his rise was inevitable, nor to suggest it was purely accidental. The goal is to understand how someone who was virtually unknown to most Canadians in mid-2024 became Prime Minister less than […]

For 67% of Canadians, the cost of living feels as bad as it ever has

I noticed a really interesting question asked recently by POLITICO in the United States about the cost of living. It cut through the noise by asking people something very simple: does the cost of living today feel worse than ever, merely bad, or not bad at all? Given how central affordability has been to politics […]