Press Releases & Articles


Budget a Lifeline for Liberals?

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Toronto, March 29th - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 728 Ontario voters, the gap between the Progressive Conservatives and Ontario Liberals has narrowed substantially.

Half of Ontarians Disapprove of Doug Ford as PC leader

| Filed under: Ontario

Toronto, March 11th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 923 Ontario voters, half (48%) say they disapprove of Doug Ford as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives. One-third (36%) say they approve of his leadership, while one-sixth (16%) say they do not know.

Canadians Prefer Balanced Budget to More Spending

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Toronto, March 1st – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 941 Canadian voters, almost two-thirds (61%) say that a balanced budget is more important to them than more spending on programs and services, while 4 in 10 (39%) say they prefer more spending on programs and services to a balanced budget.

Ontario Politics and Carbon Pricing

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This survey was sponsored by a client and conducted by Forum Research, with the results based on an interactive voice response telephone survey of 1005 randomly selected Ontario Voters.

Half of Ontarians Now Say they Support the PCs

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Toronto, February 17th - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 949 Ontario voters, half (49%) say they would support the PCs if an election were held today, an increase of 8 points in just a few weeks (Jan 25: 42%).

Familiarity with Pilot Close to Unchanged

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, two-thirds (TOP2: 68%) say they are familiar with the details of Toronto’s transit pilot project on King Street, with almost 4 in 10 (37%) saying they are very familiar. This is a similar proportion to when we last asked the same question (Nov 23: 73%).

PC Support in Toronto Shoots Upward

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, amongst those decided and leaning, 4 in 10 (43%) say they would cast a ballot for the PCs if an election were held today.

The Majority of TTC Users Satisfied with the TTC, Overall

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Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, amongst those who have used the TTC in the past month, two-thirds (TOP3: 66%) say they are satisfied with the TTC, overall, but only 1 in 10 (669%) say they are very satisfied.

Tory’s Approval Up

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, more than half (58%) say they approve of the job John Tory is doing as mayor. Just over one-quarter (28%) say they disapprove, with one-sixth (14%) saying they do not know.

Support for Scheer’s Conservatives rises

| Filed under: National

Toronto, January 31st – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1408 Canadian voters, amongst those decided and leaning, Conservative support has risen significantly and now 4 in 10 (43%) say they would support Scheer’s party if an election were held today.