National Pulse

NATIONAL PULSE – O’Toole’s carbon gamble draws mixed political reviews

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole’s mid-April announcement of a new carbon pricing plan surprised many Canadians, including, reportedly, some [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Trust in AstraZeneca rises but drops for Johnson & Johnson

April 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 26, 2021 – An extraordinary period in which Xennials and Generation-Xers became eligible for AstraZeneca doses in several provinces (and in [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most Canadians don’t want AstraZeneca vaccine

April 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 12, 2021 – Weeks of questions, blood clot concerns and changing guidance over who should receive the AstraZeneca vaccine has had a devastating [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – No friendship with China until the Michaels are set free

March 16, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 16, 2021 – Amid news from Chinese state-affiliated media that the trials of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor will begin [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Horgan tops premiers in voter approval ratings

March 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 10, 2021 – As the hot, bright and unyielding spotlight of scrutiny shifts from Ottawa to provincial capitals in the next phase of vaccine [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Party standings static even as Trudeau’s rating slips

February 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

February 22, 2021 – Criticism, uncertainty and delays have beset Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and bedevilled the Trudeau government since the beginning of the year. [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most view our vaccine rollout a ‘failure’ by comparison

February 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 12, 2021 – Be it prosperity, human rights, education or international aid, Canadians have been more often used to seeing their nation as a [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Confidence in Canada’s vaccine rollout plummets

January 29, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 29, 2021 – Is now the winter of our vaccine distribution discontent? As questions and criticism over the federal government’s decisions [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Except in Alberta, Canadians accept Keystone XL decision

January 26, 2021 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 26, 2021 – U.S. President Joe Biden’s early executive order to scrap Keystone XL, an eight-billion-dollar pipeline project to move oil [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most GOP voters think Trump was ‘the greatest ever’

January 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 18, 2021 – One of the most unprecedented transitions of U.S. power in modern history – set for Wednesday – will for millions of [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say close borders to keep sun-seekers home

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 14, 2021 – What happens when heightened anxiety from a deadly surge in new coronavirus infections combines with general pandemic fatigue and [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Numbers of those willing to be vaccinated for COVID rising

January 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 11, 2020 – Canadians appear to be transitioning from a place of professed caution to enthusiastic compliance when it comes to their [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – What to do when the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over?

December 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 22, 2020 – For many Canadians, the answer to a common question in December carries an unusual answer. What are you doing New Years Eve? [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Numbers of those ready to take the COVID jab increasing

December 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 14, 2020 – Perhaps it was the reassurance of the first, chipper, elderly patients in Britain who spoke about their experience that has made [Continue]