Press Releases & Articles


Watson and Bordeleau Equally Popular

| Filed under: Ontario

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 862 Ottawa voters, as many as three quarters approve of the jobs being done by both Mayor Jim Watson (74%) and Chief of Police Charles Bordeleau (74%)

Home Hardware Leads in Customer Satisfaction For D.I.Y. Stores

| Filed under: National, Business

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1268 adult Canadians, Home Hardware (including their Home Building Centres brand) is seen to have the highest customer satisfaction among Canada’s leading DIY, or home improvement stores

One Half of Ontario Voters Aware of Fundraising Controversy

| Filed under: Ontario

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1183 Ontario voters, one half are aware of the controversy surrounding political fundraising in the province (49%)

High Approval in Ontario for CPP Expansion

| Filed under: Ontario

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1183 Ontario voters, as many as two thirds approve of the recent federal government agreement to expand CPP (63%)

Liberal Vote Share Up in Ontario

| Filed under: Ontario

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1183 Ontario voters, just more than 4-in-10 will vote Progressive Conservative if an election were held today (42%)

Two Thirds See Need For Referendum On Electoral Reform

| Filed under: National

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1429 Canadian voters, as many as two thirds agree a national referendum on electoral reform is required before we change the way MPs are elected (65%).

More Favour Abolishing the Monarchy than Not

| Filed under: National

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1429 Canadian voters, slightly more favour abolishing the monarchy in Canada upon the death of the current Queen (43%) than oppose this idea (40%)

One Half Want Pot Prisoners and Convicts Pardoned

| Filed under: National, Social Issues

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1429 Canadian voters, one half agree those with criminal records for marijuana possession should be pardoned, and released if they are in jail (49%).

One Half Have Used Marijuana

| Filed under: National, Social Issues

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1429 Canadian adults, almost half have ever used marijuana (47%).

LRT Preferred to Subway in Scarborough

| Filed under: Toronto

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 667 Toronto voters, the plurality, more than 4-in-10, say a seven stop LRT funded by the province at about $1.5 billion is best for Scarborough (42%) as opposed to fewer than 3-in-10 who prefer the planned Scarborough subway, with one stop, costing more than $3 billion (28%).