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CONSERVATIVES MAINTAIN MODEST BUT CLEAR LEAD AS VOTERS COAST THROUGH SUMMER – July 22, 2010

WIDENED GAP ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MAY REFLECT CENSUS CONTROVERSY

[Ottawa – July 22, 2010] – The latest poll shows little change from our last poll. We suspect that BBQs are receiving more attention than the long form in voters’ minds these days. There are, however, some signs that the long form controversy is altering the demographic bases of voter support (merely suggestive at this time).

Overall, the political world seems to be fading from public minds as we head into the summer. The undecided have risen significantly to an unusually high level which likely reflects picnic and beach… [More...]

FRANK GRAVES RESPONDS TO SCRAPPING OF MANDATORY LONG CENSUS FORM – July 16, 2010

This statement was written as a response to “Give Me Back My Compulsory Long Form Census Questionnaire“ by Dr. Alex Himelfarb, Director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, at York University.

[Ottawa – July 16, 2010] – As a professional researcher, I am dismayed by this development. But I believe that this latest episode is just a symptom of a broader malaise which is increasingly infecting our society. Ironically, some 50 years after the coining of the term Post Industrial Society, where knowledge and intellectual… [More...]

LIBERALS WILTING IN SUMMER HEAT – July 8, 2010

LIBERALS AT LOWEST POINT SINCE IGNATIEFF ASSUMED LEADERSHIP

[Ottawa – July 8, 2010] – Given cessation of Parliament, the polling numbers are surprisingly active.

As Parliament closed, the Liberal Party were close to the margin of error behind the Conservatives. This week, they have found themselves nearly 11 points down and exploring a basement level support for their party.

The Conservative are the only clear beneficiaries of this Liberal swoon and now would have a legitimate minority government in an election were held today.

The Liberals should be particularly alarmed about newfound Conservative strength in Ontario… [More...]