Angus Reid

How is the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak? Not bad, say Canadians.

Philippe J. Fournier: A new Angus Reid poll says almost half of Canadians approve of Ottawa’s response—with opinions largely split along party lines

‘Liberal support just bleeding all over the place’

A deep dive into recent Angus Reid data shows Liberal support is moving to the Conservatives, NDP and Green parties—a stampede away, rather than a dash toward any particular tent

Want common ground on First Nations issues? Start by fixing the water supply

Angus Reid: Deep divisions exposed by a new survey won’t be closed by ‘debating political science theories and rehashing past grievances,’ but by solving practical problems with bite-sized policies

New poll suggests the Trudeau Liberals went too far with summer job grant policy

Even staunchly pro-choice respondents find denying job money regardless of how it will be spent is unfair, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute

What Canadians really believe: A surprising poll

Religion in Canada isn’t declining nearly as fast as we think. A remarkable new survey finds out what Canadians really believe

Angus Reid: What went wrong with the polls in British Columbia?

The veteran pollster reviews the lessons of the BC election

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You are a target market

Angus Reid tries to ascertain the impact of the Conservative and NDP attack ads.

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Brand management

Angus Reid surveys a thousand Canadians and finds that “almost two thirds … think the Guelph occurrence is ‘probably’ or ‘definitely’ one of many that took place in the last federal campaign,” including 47% of Conservative supporters. Respondents were then asked how likely each of the federal parties was to “provide false and misleading information to voters through telephone calls with pre-recorded messages during a political campaign.”

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Vic Toews stands, the government waits, the public disagrees

The Public Safety Minister attempts to defend himself.

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Who wants to have a debate about abortion?

Underneath the headline number here, Angus Reid finds the following.

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Prime Minister of the last 43 years

Angus-Reid asks a thousand Canadians to identify the best and worst prime ministers since 1968. The results below (with changes from four years ago in parentheses).

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A Senate if we must, but must we have a Senate?

It is obviously noteworthy that the Canadian public largely supports Stephen Harper’s proposed reforms to the Senate, but when the options are put side-by-side, the Canadian public is still relatively split.