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It is a telling stat that reveals the challenges the not-for-profit sector has in achieving its fundraising goals. You cannot possibly reach the goals without asking for donations but the competition for fundraising risks alienating donors. An Ipsos poll conducted last fall and recently releases finds that almost half of the population feels they are…
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Good news for us involved in public opinion research. Despite the occasional negative press spurned by poll failures, pollsters improved their perception from 34% to 42% positive. Of course, that still puts pollsters only ahead of car salespeople (26%) and politicians (22%). So lots of room for improvement. Check out the full list from the Insights West…
Public opinion polling is in many ways like a weather report for the nation. There is science, it is mostly reliable, and its occasional mistakes lead to mockery. But polling is also important and relevant. Those who dismiss public opinion do us a disservice and, perhaps, want public opinion to do something it cannot do….
Trump’s threat to cancel NAFTA and the series of negotiations that the threat spurred, has been one of the most important issues facing Canada. In 2017, it was the most polled issue in 2017 and Canadians believe in trade, or at least that is what they tell pollsters. And the attention to NAFTA has helped Canadians…
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Inevitably race was going to be raised as a factor in the justice system when Gerald Stanley was found innocent of the death of Colten Bouchie. Consider that the not guilty verdict was provided by a jury that did not have any Indigenous jurors despite the large Indigenous population in Saskatchewan. The defence was permitted…
It is a stark number – 62% of Canadians think that the justice system is too soft in dealing with people who have broken the law according to a recent Angus Reid Institute survey on the justice system. Only 4% think it is too harsh. Phrasing the question this way, may for some, suggest that…
Olympic Fanatics | Canada Not Particularly Fanatical Just three in ten Canadians strongly or somewhat agree that when the Olympics take place they follow it as much as they can for the sports they are interested in. This puts Canada in the bottom half among the countries that Ipsos polled in December, with the games…
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Pay equity remains for Canadians who are currently employed an area of continued discrimination. A majority thinks the a women and man with the same skills doing the job are probably not being paid the same. Men are much more likely to believe there is pay equity. Source: Insights West online survey conducted between January 15…
It has been on our minds for sometime. Politicians, members of the media, and the entertainment industry have all been implicated with sometimes decisive implications for their careers. The danger of judging those accused in the media and how and if we can possibly have a reconciliation that acknowledges the past and moves forward in…
Canadians underestimated the amount of holiday shopping they would do in December and their overspending produced significantly more debt. In fact 42% went over budget according to one poll. While this consumer spending may help the economy, it clearly has the potential for some negative consequences. As a second poll released today shows, many Canadians…
