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Just Over Half Say They Were Aware of PC Convention

| Filed under: Ontario

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 861 Ontario voters, more than half (TOP2: 54%) say they are at least somewhat aware of the Ontario Progressive Conservative policy convention...

Almost Three Quarters Confident Charities Use Donations Responsibly

| Filed under: National

Toronto, November 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1281 Canadian voters, almost three quarters (TOP2: 71%) say they are confident that charities will spend donations responsibly, with a quarter (24%) saying they are very confident...

Strong Majority Familiar with King Street Pilot

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, November 23rd – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 843 Toronto voters, three-quarters (TOP2: 73%) say that they are familiar with the details of Toronto’s transit pilot project on King Street, with 4 in 10 (41%) saying they are very familiar.

PC Lead Narrows but Still Tracking for Massive Majority

| Filed under: Ontario

Toronto, December 1st – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 861 Ontario voters, amongst those decided and leaning, 4 in 10 (40%) say they would support the PCs, down 5 points since October (Oct 26: 45%).The NDP and Ontario Liberals are statistically tied again, but with a slightly higher share of the vote for the NDP, with a quarter (26%)...

Almost 7 in 10 Support the End of the College Strike

| Filed under: Ontario

Toronto, December 1st – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 861 Ontario voters, almost 7 in 10 (TOP2: 68%) say they approve of Queen's Park forcing striking college staff back to work, with almost half (47%) saying that they strongly approve...

Few Have an Understanding of Sidewalk Toronto

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, November 23rd – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 843 Toronto voters, just under one third (TOP2: 29%) could confidently describe the details of Sidewalk Toronto, the neighbourhood designed by a subsidiary of Google, with only 1 in 10 (10%) saying they could do so very confidently.

Majority Say Andy Byford Effective as TTC CEO

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, November 23rd – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 843 Toronto voters, more than half (TOP2: 53%) say that Andy Byford was effective as CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission, with a quarter (25%) saying that he was very effective.

John Tory Almost Doubles Doug Ford Head-To-Head

| Filed under: Toronto

Toronto, November 24rd – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 843 Toronto voters, amongst those decided and leaning, two-thirds (66%) say that they would support John Tory over Doug Ford in a head-to-head matchup, with a third (34%) saying they would support the Ford.

Liberals Steady, PCs Drop Five Points in Toronto

| Filed under: Ontario, Toronto

Toronto, November 23rd – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 843 Toronto voters, a third (33%) say that if a provincial election were held today, they would cast their ballot for the Ontario Liberal party, which is unchanged from October (Oct 11: 33%)...

Global Warming Survey

| Filed under: National

This survey was sponsored by a client and conducted by Forum Research, with the results based on an interactive voice response telephone survey of 1281 randomly selected Canadian Voters. The poll was conducted November 4-6, 2017.