May 24 2022 — Angus Reid — One-quarter want further rate hikes; financial pessimism reaches 13-year high. As inflation reaches a 31-year high, Canadians are more likely to want the Bank of Canada to stand-pat than continue to push up the cost of borrowing. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds approaching half (45%) of Canadians say they would […]
Mar 28 2022 — Angus Reid — PM Trudeau seen as biggest political beneficiary; early tests may include increased defence spending. The NDP-Liberal confidence-and-supply agreement that would see major New Democratic policy planks adopted in exchange for security on confidence and money votes in Parliament may have united Canada’s left of centre political parties, but it has also left the country divided […]
Mar 18 2022 — Angus Reid — As the prospect of warmer spring weather begins to lift Canadian spirits, most appear to already be warming to their premiers. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds higher approval numbers for most of the country’s premiers, including Ontario’s Doug Ford, who – less than three months before an expected provincial election – […]
Feb 28 2022 — Angus Reid — As inflation drives up the price of almost everything around them, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds just over half Canadians feeling like they’re outpaced by the rising cost of living. A slight majority (53%) agree that they can’t keep up, while there are 44 per cent who say that they have […]
Feb 14 2022 — Angus Reid — Two-thirds say Justin Trudeau’s conduct has “worsened” situation; several public figures condemned. If the goal of the Freedom Convoy was to capture the attention of millions of people in Canada and around the globe – mission accomplished. If, however, the goal was to build support for their demands to end pandemic-related restrictions – it has […]
Jan 24 2022 — Angus Reid — Entering the third year of the pandemic, the picture of mental health in Canada is one of exhaustion and increasing trauma. A new study from the Angus Reid Institute finds a population largely fatigued, frustrated, and anxious – and one-in-three (36%) Canadians saying they are struggling with their mental health. This represents an increase from […]
Jan 20 2022 — Angus Reid — One-quarter of past Liberal voters in Ontario would currently vote for NDP. As the pandemic precludes shaking hands and kissing babies in an election year, Premier Doug Ford turned to digging out vehicles and giving constituents rides home this week amid a snowstorm that buried southern Ontario. The political imperative to re-ingratiate himself with Ontarians […]
Jan 17 2022 — Angus Reid — New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Ontario Premier Doug Ford down six more points in approval amid frustration in Ontario over his handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Fewer than one-in-three (30%) Ontarians approve of him, marking a new low for his tenure at Queen’s Park. This, as two-thirds of Ontarians (67%) […]
Dec 10 2021 — Angus Reid — Ottawa can be a cold place throughout much of the year. For Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, the chill is being exacerbated by changes in the political climate. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute show Canadians – including those who supported the CPC in September’s federal election – have cooled on O’Toole significantly. […]
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 […]