Sep 9 2021 — Angus Reid — Current NDP voters favour Liberals over CPC on all nine top issues canvassed. Two French debates are in the rear-view mirror for Canada’s federal party leaders, who now turn their attention to the English debate, which will set the tone for the final sprint of the 44th federal election campaign. While millions of eager Canadians […]
Sep 7 2021 — Angus Reid — Debate looms as fewer than two-in-five view Trudeau (36%), O’Toole (37%) favourably. The fourth week of Canada’s 44th federal election campaign begins against the backdrop of gravel-throwing protestors targeting one party leader, while another made what may amount to a campaign-saving reversal over his stance on military-style assault rifles. The leaders now hunker down in […]
Aug 30 2021 — Angus Reid — Trudeau now the most unfavourably viewed major party leader in the country. Are Justin Trudeau’s days of enjoying unmatched political rock god status well and truly over? The party leader whose personal appeal and political momentum spurred a third-place-to-majority victory for the Liberals in 2015 now finds himself in a place far from the halcyon […]
Aug 30 2021 — Angus Reid — Most say Canada should accept at least 20,000 Afghan refugees; One-fifth say crisis will affect their vote. An election campaign many had thought would be fought and won or lost on the basis of Canada’s post-pandemic future is instead being overshadowed in its first weeks by the future of Afghanistan and the evacuation of those […]
Aug 27 2021 — Angus Reid — As the verbal war of words heats up between party leaders over health care, Afghanistan, child care and mandatory vaccination, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the top issue identified by voters in driving their ballot choice is climate change. Notwithstanding discussion about a wave of early summer heat in western Canada […]
Aug 26 2021 — Angus Reid — In an election that may be decided by small segments of moveable voters migrating between parties, leadership matters. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds that, while the Liberals continue to hang on to a small advantage in vote intent, party chief Justin Trudeau is neither the most attractive leader when voters […]
Aug 24 2021 — Angus Reid — The battle for the hearts and minds of voters intensified – and evened up – in the first seven days of Canada’s 44th federal election campaign. While commentary surrounding the prelude to the dropping of the writs focused on whether the election would result in a majority or another minority government for the incumbent Liberal […]
Aug 19 2021 — Angus Reid — Canada’s post pandemic economic recovery has occupied politicians, policy makers and Canadians alike over the last year and a half. It is now poised to occupy a significant amount of the 44th federal election campaign. But putting the domestic economy back on track after an unprecedented deliberate slow down elicits different reactions and different preferences […]
Aug 12 2021 — Angus Reid — Two-in-five 2019 Green voters jump ship to the Liberals, CPC base remains the most loyal. As members of the fifth estate speculate about the exact date the prime minister is expected to call a general election, Canadians are more occupied by fears of a fourth wave of COVID-19 than politics. Amid a surge in new […]
Aug 11 2021 — Angus Reid — Choice of English and Inuktitut speaking Governor General hailed outside Quebec. Mary Simon made history earlier this summer when she became Canada’s first Indigenous governor general. In a moment of national reflection catalysed by the on-going confirmation of unmarked graves at residential schools, the appointment of an Indigenous governor general is heralded by many as […]
Aug 5 2021 — Angus Reid — The threat of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, has Canadian governments and health officials pulling out all the stops to get their constituents fully vaccinated against the virus. So far, however, it has had little effect on the march towards what is expected to be a September general […]
Jul 29 2021 — Angus Reid — Liberals, New Democrats twice as likely as CPC voters to say they’ll vote by mail if able. The interruption of summer reverie, brought to Canadians by political volunteers acting on behalf of their leaders, is already underway. Robo-texts from party chatbots asking who they’ll support. Phone calls from real people asking households whether they’ll take […]
Jul 27 2021 — Angus Reid — Quebecers, Ontarians want cancelled Energy East reconsidered in wake of the cross-border pipeline dispute. Canada’s energy independence is in the spotlight again, with a key energy artery in the crosshairs of a transborder dispute. Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which supplies Ontario and Quebec, is under threat of closure from the governor of Michigan, where the […]
Jul 16 2021 — Angus Reid — Climate change, Indigenous and economic issues replace COVID-19 response as top of mind. Active speculation that the country is no more than a month away from a federal election campaign means political leaders are already trying to pierce the long-deserved summer reverie of Canadian voters. In the earliest days of this horse-race, new data from […]
Jul 13 2021 — Angus Reid — While green, renewable energy sources are most popular, half (51%) support nuclear energy generation. As main federal party leaders embark on cross-country tours ahead of an all-but-certain election later this year, they are hoping to campaign at the intersection that marks a sweet spot for voter priority: where climate issues meet the economy. As climate […]