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When you pull a holiday classic from the radio, like “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” you are going to generate controversy. The decision by radio stations to pull the song from their playlists because the lyrics can be interpreted as in appropriate in the #metoo era. A Global News story highlights the competing ideas that the…
A look back at four polls which have addressed the export of arms to Saudi Arabia with a focus on the inherent challenge of reconciling the public’s desire for an ethical policy with the realities of arms exports.
Sick notes are a poor solution for employers and bad for government. For minor illnesses, they use up physician time when the solution is usually not a medical one and they are a hassle and cost to get for the employee. Requiring a sick note is an explicit message that the employer does not trust…
It probably came as a surprise to Canadians when they heard the Statistic Canada plan to access personal information from banks. The agency was planning on requiring banks to turn over the transaction history for half a million Canadians without consent or notification. As it turns out, Canadians are not in favour of allowing Statistics…
Polling Guru is a site dedicated to reflecting on and discussing current and historical public opinion research. Public polls, that is polls released into the public domain, are a mainstay. There are too many polls to write about. In fact, 200 public opinion releases are put into the public domain each quarter according to the…
A recent Research Co. survey shows that Canadians are not fully supportive of mandatory vaccination of children when it comes to childhood diseases like polio and measles. Almost one in five would leave this to parents to decide. Many childhood diseases were largely eradicated thanks to vaccines. Whole generations have not experienced outbreaks of these…
Governor General’s are generally not very newsworthy and tend to be front and centre for charity work and official functions. It is, therefore, noteworthy that one year into her appointment Governor General Julie Payette is the subject both of critical news coverage (see below) but that she also is now being tested in public opinion. A…
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A recent Global News Poll conducted by Ipsos is a compelling look at how we think about our health. Most notably, there is a strong connection between our physical and mental health that would come as no surprise to health practitioners. Canadians are overall quite pessimistic about their physical health. Just 23% are in excellent…
The United States is Canada’s closest neighbour but our affection for the country has clearly taken a sharp decline since the Trump Presidency began. Presidents have an impact on how Canadians think about the U.S. When Bush was President, fewer Canadians held a favourable view of the U.S. compared with Obama. Nevertheless, the decline is…
Doug Ford threatened to overrule a court decision with the notwithstanding clause recently. The court decision invalidated a law that was to reduce the size of Toronto’s city council. Ford justifies his decision to overrule the courts on the basis he was elected by the people and the courts are not. Of course, this seemed…
