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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…
![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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Financial advisors and their clients. It is an awkward relationship because it is on-going, there is, presumably a difference in knowledge, and because we want to trust and feel like we have made the right choice. While recent Canadian changes in fee disclosure rules are part of a set of changes designed to help consumers…
![News Media Gets Positive Grade [Pew Research Center]](https://pollingguru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/News-media-standards-768x429.jpg)
News media organizations are under fire. Economic realities, social media impacts, and the politicization of news and facts, particularly in the U.S. has placed traditional journalism at a crossroads of sorts. Recently released information from the Pew Research Center indicates that most Canadians think news organizations do a good job — but it is not…
It probably comes as little surprise that international trade and international relations issues were the most polled topics when it comes to national public policy issues in Canada for 2017. More than one in five polls were about our external relationships. International trade — The 11% of all national public policy polls reflects our preoccupation…
