From October 17 to 22, 2024 Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 1,500 Canadian adults exploring several topics related to Canadian politics and current events as part of our regular national omnibus surveys.In this edition, we ask about our usual trackers. On Tuesday, we released data on how Canadians feel about Justin Trudeau’s future as Prime Minister and Liberal Leader.
‘I am actually really excited about this fight’: On the heels of a Liberal caucus revolt, the Prime Minister joins...
The resumption of counting in last week's nail-biting British Columbia election has seen the NDP widen its lead in two...
A group of Liberal MPs have demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decide his future as party leader by Monday...
Former New Brunswick Liberal premier Frank McKenna says if he were in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shoes, at this point...
From October 17 to 22, 2024 Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 1,500 Canadian adults exploring several topics related...
Some of the key highlights of our survey about the Canadian Perceptions of U.S. Election include… Seven out of ten...
“For many people these days, it’s unclear from which tributary of history we have sprung, in which world we now...
Many Liberal MPs believe they will lose their seats in the next election if he's still in charge of the...
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says there has been a “significant reduction” to the public safety threat since six Indian diplomatic...
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia residents could find themselves in the midst of a snap provincial election campaign as early as...
The North is Canada’s next horizon. Through strategic investments in the NWT — in housing, infrastructure, climate resilience, and critical...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defies calls from two dozen Liberal MPs to step down. Party insiders discuss what may come...
In the 1970s, Richard Crossman, a minister in Harold Wilson’s UK government, published a set of diaries outlining the code...
So much for the Liberal caucus meeting. Predictably, Trudeau announced, less than 24 hours after the meeting’s conclusion, that he...
This week in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau faced off against a small herd of rebellious Liberals who, as it turned out...
It was, by all accounts, a “robust” discussion at Wednesday’s Liberal caucus meeting. And not only robust, but “frank” and...
When the effort to remove Joe Biden as Democratic Party candidate for American president was underway, its objective was clear...
The headline number on the reduction of immigration targets announced on Thursday by the Trudeau government is massive — a...
Veteran national security journalist Annie Jacobsen has spent decades interviewing America’s most powerful military leaders — along with the scientists...
This week’s Liberal caucus meeting will prove to be an important milestone in the career of Justin Trudeau. The lingering...
Canada is poised for a transformative shift in its energy landscape. With the passage of Bill C-49—officially titled “An Act...
It’s very Ottawa to prebook an attempted political knifing for a Wednesday morning, but also to keep enough of the...
I don’t know what it’s like to be part of a political team — as former Maclean’s columnist Allan Fotheringham...
Is there an October surprise that might make or break a president? The October surprise dates back to President Jimmy...
Is it really necessary to legislate the removal of milk and cheese, chicken and eggs from any new trade deals...
Pierre Poilievre told corporate Canada last May to fire their lobbyists because he will only listen to the voice of...
Canada officially has an immigration problem. No, it’s not the one we’ve been hearing about for months now, which the...
On Oct.14, while people were eating their Thanksgiving meal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a press conference where he accused...
Ten years ago this week, Justin Trudeau was assembling all the pieces that would make him prime minister within a...
According to media reports, leaders in the capitals of some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are alarmed...
Nova Scotia has a proud tradition of resilience, forged through centuries of weathering economic hardships, isolation and both man-made and...
The sharks are circling the tank. Yesterday, former BC Premier Christy Clark made headlines for eyeing the Liberal leadership, when...
Brent Chapman, the BC Conservative candidate for the riding of Surrey South, once wrote that Palestinians were “inbred walking, talking...
They’re still trying to figure out exactly what happened in the British Columbia election over the weekend. But one thing...
In less than two weeks Danielle Smith will subject herself to a leadership review at the annual AGM of the...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in an abysmal political situation, and the hits keep on coming. Before the House of...
Canada must convince India that it is prepared to counter Khalistani extremism on its soil
Nine years ago, not long before Stephen Harper’s Conservative government was replaced by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, retired diplomat Paul Heinbecker...
Interprovincial battles over booze have been a long-standing feature of the Canadian federation. Most famously, in 2018, the Supreme Court...
As a young child, Dennis Saddleman's mother always ensured he knew how much she loved him, gave him kisses on...
Polling shows Canadians' enthusiasm for immigration may be cooling off. Reports about the death of Canada's immigration consensus have arguably...
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is still "an open country" after the Liberal government announced plans to cut the...
So, did he dodge the coup? Does Justin Trudeau now have a clear path to the next election? After weeks...
Health Canada is investigating after Canada's National Observer revealed that government officials supported efforts by the pesticide industry to discredit...
A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are "entirely false" claims by a former Conservative cabinet...
Longtime Liberal MP Wayne Long says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should give more weight to the views of his backbenchers...
The head of the RCMP says the Mounties have strong evidence showing the "highest levels" of the Indian government were...
Authorities in Poland have arrested four people in connection with an alleged plot to mail explosives to Canada and the...
Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian woman the...
Poilievre has said that if he's elected, his government would not support any legislation to regulate abortion. A former Conservative...
Ottawa undertook an all-out effort to convince New Delhi to end its hostile foreign-interference campaign in Canada after the RCMP...
f Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House...
Reducing the number of new admissions to the country could have negative consequences for the economy and pose challenges for...
A meeting Wednesday between India's Narendra Modi and China's Xi Jinping in Kazan, Russia was the first in five years...
The Liberals' House leader is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of "hiding something from Canadians" by refusing to get the...
Prime minister says he won't leave even after 24 MPs called for him to go. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said...
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure from within his own caucus to step aside, former B.C. premier Christy...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is slashing immigration targets as he admits the government did not get the...
A third-party group run by former NDP and Liberal staffers has launched an advertising campaign against Pierre Poilievre, in an...
One of the dissenting Liberal MPs calling for Justin Trudeau to resign is expressing disappointment over how quickly the prime...
The PM blamed the 2011 election result on the party's inward turn — he wasn't wrong. When Justin Trudeau became...
Nova Scotia's deputy premier and finance minister Allan MacMaster announced Thursday he is resigning from cabinet and will seek the...
OTTAWA -- The NDP is taking aim at the Conservatives on abortion by putting forward a motion to push back...
New solar and wind projects are under construction elsewhere. Eight months after the Alberta government lifted its moratorium on the...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Wednesday that Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre must have something to hide by refusing to obtain...
Staffing at Canada's embassy in Moscow has dropped to a level so low that if Canada were to expel any...
Two-term B.C. Liberal MP Patrick Weiler read out a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the party’s national caucus...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his MPs Wednesday that he would reflect on what they had to say...
Liberal MPs left a meeting with the Prime Minister divided on Justin Trudeau’s leadership but saying they are all united...
Internal calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign as Liberal leader were aired out behind closed doors Wednesday as...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was smiling this afternoon as he walked out of a weekly caucus meeting where some MPs...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Tech mogul Elon Musk, speaking at a town hall Saturday night in Pennsylvania to support Republican...
NOVI, Mich. (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with a woman's first...
NOVI, Mich. (AP) -- Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest...
PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) -- Kamala Harris returned to Michigan on Saturday for a rally with former first lady Michelle Obama...
Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of major government contractor SpaceX and key ally of Republican presidential nominee...
A former model who says she met Donald Trump through the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein has accused the former...
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office...
One of the challenges for large bureaucracies is identifying second and third order effects of risk mitigation postures across the...
Climate change has opened up the waters of the Canadian Arctic, increasing the region’s strategic importance and presenting new security...
On October 22, 2024, the Bank of Canada reduced its policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per...
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If you or someone you know has been active in the pro-Palestinian movement, you may have noticed this trend. There...
The pro-active publication of internal documents by governments has long been touted as a cure-all for a dysfunctional access–to-information regime...
In public affairs journalism, all information has a best-before date. Citizens want to know what their governments are up to...
That long-awaited Liberal caucus meeting where a group of MPs asked Trudeau to step down as party leader came —...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a significant cut this week to the number of temporary...
The National's At Issue panel breaks down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to lead the party into the next election...
This week on The Numbers, we parse through the surprising results of the British Columbia and New Brunswick provincial elections...
