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PROGRESSIVE VOTERS SAY EQUALITY, CONSERVATIVES SAY PROSPERITY
[Ottawa – February 26, 2013] – Offering a menu of four choices; equality, diversity, prosperity, and safety, we asked Canadians to choose our greatest achievement over the past twenty years. There was considerable division about what constituted the biggest Canadian success story. Not only was there considerable support for three of the four choices, the first place choice varied according to political party preference and other demographic factors.
Summing across all these divisions the clear winner overall was equality. This is quite interesting in light of the fact that there is… [More...]
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
[Ottawa – February 26, 2013] The topic of immigration is extremely controversial in Europe and America but typically has been a more muted concern in Canada.
In our previous release, we showed that over the past 15 years, that just as immigration and pluralism had burgeoned to make Canada more ethnically diverse than at any point in its history, attachment to ethnic group had dropped sharply and attachment to country had remained robust and much higher. In other words, as we became more diverse, ethnic identities diminished and national identity remained very strong.
There… [More...]
HOW CANADIANS SEE SOCIETY EVOLVING
[Ottawa – February 21, 2013] – We have recently updated our research on broad social trends in values and ideology. The approach we used was to track the same measures asked of random samples of the Canadian public using exactly the same questions and to then test the direction and significance of any shifts that are occurring. It seemed interesting to compare the results of these repeated measures tests with current public perceptions of the trajectory of those trends. The actual trend lines are more accurately revealed using the tracking methods, but it is… [More...]
CONSERVATIVES STILL IN LEAD BUT SOME EVIDENCE OF REGIME FATIGUE
[Ottawa – February 16, 2013] – While there is no horserace of any significance right now, it is useful to take an occasional check-up on how voters are viewing the parties and how this might reflect various factors such as the ongoing Liberal leadership, a darkening long term economic outlook and the day to day travails of the parties.
We also use this large survey as part of ongoing testing of our survey methodologies and to update some very important long term tracking of issues. In this first… [More...]
PC SUPPORT LIKELY UNDERSTATED
[Ottawa – February 15, 2013] – Kathleen Wynne’s victory as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party appears to have been well-received by the public and the party now stands at 33 per cent, holding a small lead over the Progressive Conservative Party, who are at 29 points, and the NDP, who elicit the support of 26 per cent of eligible voters. This represents a modest improvement in the Liberal Party’s fortunes from two months ago, when it was sitting on the lower end of a three-way statistical tie with the two opposition parties in aftermath… [More...]
BC CONSERVATIVES EMERGE AS CONTENDER FOR UPCOMING ELECTION
[Ottawa – February 14, 2013] – Since their narrow victory in 2009, support for the British Columbia Liberals has fallen precariously and is trailing almost 12 points behind the BC NDP who, at 39 per cent, are within striking distance of a majority government. The reasons for this rather dramatic shift in support are unclear, but factors such as the Harmonized Sales Tax, the deficit, service cuts may be at play.
Further strengthening the NDP’s lead is the demographic composition of their supporters. Unlike their Ontario counterparts who have been… [More...]
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