Jun 29 2020 — Angus Reid — Across political spectrum, two-thirds agree Meng situation be left to courts, disagree with intervention. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuffs calls to intervene in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in order to secure the release from China of detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, a majority of Canadians support his stance. […]
Jun 8 2020 — Angus Reid — At least seven-in-ten in every region say their province has done a good job in COVID-19 response. While provincial governments cannot yet claim full victory in the long and ongoing fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, their electoral positions are apparently gaining ground. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds that at least […]
Jun 4 2020 — Angus Reid — Half confident in Trudeau to prevent worsening health crisis, fewer confident in economic stewardship. The COVID-19 shutdown’s impact on Canada’s economy has been well chronicled: shrunk growth, lost jobs, stock market havoc, and unprecedented government spending to shore up the households hit hardest. In the face of what has been the most volatile few months […]
Jun 1 2020 — Angus Reid — Support for Liberals grows as assessment of how government has handled COVID-19 remains high. As Canadian communities begin to resume many day-to-day activities suspended by the COVID-19 outbreak, a new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds two-thirds of Canadians (67%) saying the federal government has done a good job over the past months […]
May 15 2020 — Angus Reid — 68% now say it will be at least six months before normal life resumes, up from 43% in April. Remember when we went to the movies, or when summer vacation plans included getting on planes? What day is it today, anyway? For Canadians greeting each sunrise to begin a day eerily similar to the last, […]
May 13 2020 — Angus Reid — 85% of Canadians say Chinese government has not been honest or transparent about pandemic. The latest study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadian favourability towards China at a new low. Indeed, just 14 per cent of adults in this country now say they have a positive opinion of China, a level half as […]
May 1 2020 — Angus Reid — With the Trudeau government poised to ban some “assault style” weapons, it finds significant support for a change first promised by the Liberals in 2015. The results of the latest public opinion survey from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute show an overwhelming majority – nearly four-in-five – support a complete prohibition on civilian possession of […]
Apr 22 2020 — Angus Reid — Justin Trudeau has been no stranger to a sustained profile on the national stage. But more than one month into an unprecedented national shutdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Prime Minister’s front-and-centre presence at daily briefings has caused his approval ratings to do something they have not done in nearly two years: crack the […]
Mar 30 2020 — Angus Reid — Since the novel coronavirus took root in Canadian communities, opinion about the threat it poses has evolved: from initial curiosity and skepticism to widespread acceptance and anxiety of the power and speed with which it spreads. But even as the number of cases in Canada exceeds 6,000 and now touches almost every part of the […]
Mar 17 2020 — Angus Reid — The threat, severity and infection rates of what had initially been a new viral outbreak a world away has in the last two weeks caused local, provincial and federal governments to take steps unseen before in the lifetimes of millions in this country, the magnitude of which has left many reeling. As the COVID-19 virus […]
Mar 13 2020 — Angus Reid — A planned meeting between the Prime Minister and First Ministers from around the country has been cancelled following news that the Justin Trudeau would be self-quarantining. This, after his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau began to exhibit flu-like symptoms, later confirmed to be the coronavirus. And while Canadian leaders will need to wait to discuss key issues […]
Mar 4 2020 — Angus Reid — CPC leads in vote intention, Liberal Party down seven points. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his minority Liberal government are bearing the scars of what has been a most bruising start to a federal government’s year. While the first 60 days of 2019 were defined by a political scandal, the beginning of 2020 has been […]
Mar 3 2020 — Angus Reid — The blockade crisis surrounding the Coastal GasLink pipeline project has had the country in its grips for weeks now, and the political fallout from it does not appear to have been kind to the provincial leaders at the centre of it. In British Columbia, Premier John Horgan’s job approval has dropped ten points, from 56 […]
Feb 27 2020 — Angus Reid — As mass arrests and burning tires along rail lines define the state of developments in a country-wide series of blockades in protest against a $6.6 billion natural gas pipeline being built by Coastal Gaslink in northern BC, Canadians are profoundly divided over how to handle the situation. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid […]
Feb 21 2020 — Angus Reid — Less than two weeks ahead of Super Tuesday, the Democratic Primary race is growing tighter as people in the United States, and indeed around the world, wait to see who will emerge as the candidate to take on President Donald Trump in the coming election. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds […]