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![Canadians Planning to Spend Less on Home Renos [CIBC]](https://pollingguru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/qtq80-O7gYRa-768x1151.jpeg)
Renovations | Declining Spend Planned Renovation spending is an interesting bellwether for the housing market and the economy. Investing in one’s home is discretionary to some extent so declining planned spending is an indicator of a lack of financial resources/ elevated worry. That said, the renovation market is also strongly related to housing prices and…
![Declining Trust in News a Threat to Democracy [Ipsos-Radio Television Digital News Association]](https://pollingguru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/qtq80-jDqeiu-768x512.jpeg)
Information we can trust is the lifeblood of democracy. If we don’t trust the news media, it is hard to imagine that our discourse will contribute to a shared understanding. We will all have our own facts. A new poll conducted for the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) provides a detailed perspective on Canadians use and…
The expansion of the Kinder Morgan or Trans Mountain pipeline [the name itself has potentially different connotations] has been effectively hijacked and turned into political theatre over the past few months. Overall Canadians support the expansion and, importantly, the B.C. government’s position is not fully aligned with public opinion. What then, would we expect of…
All the talk of the rise of whether or not Doug Ford is a populist or not misses an important point, the conditions for the rise of populism based on the feeling of economic uncertainty remain very high. Expectations for standard of living is a good indicator. A recent Nanos poll shows that 58% of…
![Few Canadians are Asked to Bribe a Government Official but Many See Bribes as Justified [AmericasBarometer]](https://pollingguru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bribe-768x512.jpg)
One in ten Canadians think that it is sometime acceptable to pay a bribe and few are actually asked for one by a government official. Comparatively, Canadians tend to reject the idea but young people, and in particular young men, are the most amenable to paying bribes. The issue of paying bribes — a remuneration…
A recent Environics survey conducted for Systelos found that among those who use a financial advisor (only 29% use an advisor), only 12% have fired one within two years of hiring them. Either consumers are doing a very good job of engaging an advisor or advisors are very effective at turning this new relationship into…
There is a growing concern about personal debt and the impact of rising interest rates in Canada. In January we reported on an earlier release that rising interest rates were increasing worry among Canadians who already report having little financial room to adjust to higher rates. Money Remaining After Bills and Debt Payments After paying…
A recent Global Attitudes Survey 2016 by the Pew Research Center provides an interesting window into how Canadians see trade independent of specific agreements or specific trade agreements. Canadians are trade positive, in part because political parties have not sought to capitalize on or build on the one in quarter of Canadians who view international trade as…
![Over 6 in 10 think there is at least solid evidence for global warming [Abacus]](https://pollingguru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-PollingGuru-Question-of-Month-04-Global-Warming-768x576.jpg)
Only a small percentage of Canadians think that there is little (5%) or no evidence (6%) that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades in a recent poll for Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. People on the right of the political spectrum are more skeptical (36% little or no evidence) but…
Aid for international development is a hard sell to domestic audiences but the need for it is unlikely to go away. A significant new survey from the Angus Reid Institute and World Vision Canada sheds a light on the fundamental tension between an internationalist, value based commitment to aid and the beliefs and understanding that…
