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We launched this website in order to showcase our election research, and our suite of polling technologies including Probit and IVR. We will be updating this site frequently with new polls, analysis and insight into Canadian politics. EKOS's experience, knowledge and sophisticated research designs have contributed positively to many previous elections.

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Two-Thirds of Canadians Support Decriminalization of Marijuana

HALF OF CONSERVATIVE VOTERS SAY POSSESSION SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME

[Ottawa – January 30, 2014] In our latest poll, we asked Canadians whether they feel that possession of marijuana should be crime. Results reveal that two out of three of Canadians now favour the decriminalization of marijuana, a rather significant shift from just over a decade ago. In 2000, Canadians were fairly evenly split on the issue, with a narrow plurality supporting decriminalization. With three of the four federalist parties now calling for reforms to Canada’s marijuana laws, not to mention the recent wave of politicians who have… [More...]

Closer Race as Parliament Begins – January 30, 2014

ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY COULD BE PIVOTAL ISSUE IN NEXT ELECTION

[Ottawa – January 30, 2014] In our latest poll, the Liberals and the Conservatives are in a near tie. At just under 30 points, the Conservative Party is nipping at the heels of the gently sliding Liberals. who hold a narrow three-point lead which disappears when we turn to our likely voter model. The NDP remains in third place, but they are holding steady at 24 and they are within striking distance of both parties

Looking Back and Looking Forward – Part 3

Progress’ End?

JANUARY 3, 2014

3.0 Progress’ End? Some New Evidence

While taking some grim satisfaction at noting the clarity of the fall of the middle class and the rise of inequality as a pinnacle issue, we are now interested in moving the conversation from diagnosis to prescription. For those convinced that all is well with the economy and that people are still more likely to be moving forward than standing still or sliding backward, we have some new data that puncture that fiction. While the data aren’t perfect and the analysis is pretty much a first… [More...]

Looking Back and Looking Forward – Part 2

ARE WE APPROACHING A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY?

JANUARY 3, 2014

2.0 The Longer Term Patterns of Trust in Government

Let’s start with the deep historical context in upper North America. Perhaps the biggest change among a plethora of structural changes in our society has been the shift from a more trusting collectivist society to a more individualistic society – one that is wary of the state and public institutions. The deferential and conformist societies of the post Second World War gave way to the counter culture and protest of the sixties and seventies and the transformation continues… [More...]