Press Releases & Articles


Three parties tied in Alberta

| Filed under: National

Almost exactly equal proportions, about 3-in-10, will vote for the Wildrose Party (30%), the New Democrats (28%) or the PCs (27%) in the election scheduled for May 5.

Support for Bill C51 waning

| Filed under: National

Just one half agree Canada needs new, stiffer anti-terror legislation (51%).

Minority support Iraq mission

| Filed under: National

Just 4-in-10 express approval for our mission in Iraq (39%), while disapproval is common to almost half (48%).

Federal Liberals, Conservatives almost tied

| Filed under: National

One third or just fewer will vote either for the Conservatives (31%) or the Liberals (34%) if a federal election were held today.

Two thirds favour beer and wine in grocery stores

| Filed under: Ontario

Two thirds approved of the plan to sell beer and wine in grocery stores (64%), while 3-in-10 disapprove (30%).

PCs with solid lead on provincial Liberals

| Filed under: Ontario

One third will vote Progressive Conservative if the election were held today (34%, down from 39% last month), while fewer than 3-in-10 will vote Liberal (29%).

Tory approval high

| Filed under: Toronto

Almost three quarters (72%) approve of the job John Tory is doing as mayor.

4-in-10 want to see SRT turned into a park

| Filed under: Toronto

4-in-10 would like to see the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line turned into an elevated urban park (like New York City’s High Line Park - 39%).

One half agree it is impossible to build on time, on budget in Toronto

| Filed under: Toronto

One half agree with the proposition that it is impossible to complete large public projects in Toronto on time and on budget (48%).

‘Scrambles’ seen to be good for pedestrians, not motorists

| Filed under: Toronto

3-in 10 have used pedestrian scrambles as a pedestrian (31%), just fewer have used them as a motorist (26%) and fewer than a fifth have used them from both sides of the windshield (17%).