Press Releases & Articles


Voters favour key social issues but not long gun registry

| Filed under: National

Pluralities or majorities favour the progressive position on all of a selection of hot button social issues, with the exception of bringing back the long gun registry.

Cumming leads for Conservatives in Edmonton Centre

| Filed under: National

4-in-10 will vote for the Conservative candidate, James Cumming (40%), while about 3-in-10 or just fewer will vote NDP (Gil McGowan - 30%) or Liberal (Randy Boissonault - 27%).

Conservatives lead in St Albert-Edmonton

| Filed under: National

Close to 4-in-10 will vote for Michael Cooper, the Conservative candidate (38%), while the incumbent, independent Brent Rathgeber, will take 3-in-10 (29%).

One tenth of small businesses used as tax shelters

| Filed under: National

3-in-10 have small businesses (29%), and these are slightly more likely to be what is termed a micro-business (one to four employees - 17%), than “small” small businesses (five to 99 employees - 12%).

Conservatives, Liberals tie, NDP falls back

| Filed under: National

Exactly equal proportions, about 3-in-10, will vote either for the Conservatives or the Liberals in the upcoming election (31% each).

Dead heat in Etobicoke Centre

| Filed under: National

About 4-in-10, will vote for the Conservative incumbent, Ted Opitz (42%), and the man he best in 2011, Liberal Borys Wrzsenewskyj (43%).

Liberals lead in Etobicoke-Lakeshore

| Filed under: National

More than 4-in-10 will vote for the Liberal candidate, James Maloney (41%) while one third will support the Conservative incumbent, Bernard Trottier (33%).

Tight race in Scarborough Southwest

| Filed under: Toronto

Tie between the Liberal candidate, former Toronto police chief Bill Blair (35%) and the NDP incumbent, Dan Harris (32%)

Joe Oliver slips behind in Eglinton-Lawrence

| Filed under: Toronto

More than 4-in-10 will vote for the Liberal standard-bearer, Marco Mendicino (44%), compared to fewer than 4-in-10 who will vote the incumbent, erstwhile Conservative Minister of Finance, Joe Oliver (38%).

Two thirds approve decision not to bid on Olympics

| Filed under: National, Toronto

Fully two thirds approve of Mayor Tory’s decision not to bid on the Olympics (66%), and this is equally common in the city of Toronto (69%) and in the surrounding regions (65%).