Opinion

NATIONAL PULSE – Ont. Tories safe with Elliott or Mulroney; Ford not so much

March 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Those considering – but not committed to – the PCPO would be more turned off by Doug Ford as leader By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 8, 2018 – The chaos and scandal that [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Divided on verdict, we think PM should have stayed mum

February 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Six-in-ten say reforms are needed to ensure juries better reflect the communities they come from By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 26, 2018 – The acquittal of Gerald Stanley [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Trans Mountain battle splits Canadians down the middle

February 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Albertans are generally united on pipeline positions, the rest of Canada, including BC, is divided February 22, 2018 – While a war of words, political will, and even wine [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Declining confidence in Canadian justice system

February 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Visible minorities have less faith in courts than other Canadians Overall confidence in five elements of the justice system has declined slightly since 2016 February 20, 2018 [Continue]

PULSE OF THE NATION – Canadians lack confidence in understanding finances

February 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

February 14, 2018 – What’s the difference between interest and compound interest? Or between a defined-contribution pension plan and a defined-benefit plan? What about [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – #Metoo: Is it a moment or a movement?

February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Comprehensive study finds one-in-two women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 9, 2018 – Their stories are in the news [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Passing on Pyeongchang? We want the NHL back in

February 7, 2018 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 7, 2018 – The Olympic hockey tournament has been home to some of the most iconic moments in Canadian sports history. Whether it’s the [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Mulroney? Chretien? Harper? Trudeau? Which govt was best?

January 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Harper edges Trudeau on ‘strong economic leadership,’ but the PM leads on most other qualities By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 26, 2018 – As the House of Commons [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of Canadian adults say they don’t have a will

January 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

One-quarter of Canadians without a will in place say they are too young to worry about it By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 23, 2018 – When the world learned that Prince, an [Continue]

CANNABIS ACT – Most in riding favour legalization but say age is wrong

January 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

Cathy McLeod, MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, today (Jan. 12, 2018) released the results of her riding-wide survey on Bill C-45, The Cannabis Act. Her office received 1,612 [Continue]

PROVINCIAL PULSE – By two to one, B.C. residents support Horgan’s Site C call

January 12, 2018 // 3 Comments

Meanwhile, support for proportional representation is dropping By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 12, 2018 – A politically risky call that might have threatened the future [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – One in eight have family or friends facing opioid addiction

January 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they themselves have been prescribed opioids in the last five years By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 11, 2018 – The thousands of deaths [Continue]

PROVINCIAL PULSE – Horgan and Wall get top approval ratings for premiers

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 19, 2017 – Is it candy or coal in the stockings of Canada’s premiers this December? The latest quarterly analysis of polling data from [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – We prefer physical stores, but increasingly shop online

December 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

Entertainment media by far the commodity Canadians most prefer to buy online December 11, 2017 – It’s been a rough couple of years for retail giants. Even as the economy [Continue]