Majority of Canadians may support TMX, but the project remains an electoral risk for Liberals: pollsters
Recent polls may indicate a majority of Canadians support the government’s plowing ahead with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, but with further opposition actions expected, experts say the best Liberals can likely hope for is to not lose too many progressive voters. “It’s very unlikely that it’s going to help them win support anywhere […]
Conservatives and Scheer falling behind in Ontario, suggests Campaign Research poll
The Liberal Party has gained an advantage of seven percentage points over the federal Conservatives in the province of Ontario, according to a recent online poll by Campaign Research, reversing the lead the official opposition had in the province from last month, and helping the Grits to take their first lead over the Tories nationwide—by […]
Ford’s Ontario cuts, drop in SNC-Lavalin media coverage, return of female support helping Libs, but it’s still a ‘coin toss,’ say pollsters
After weeks of attracting low support in national public opinion polls, the Liberals are starting to bounce back chiefly because of Ontario Premier Doug Ford government’s controversial cuts in social services, the dissipation of media coverage on SNC-Lavalin affair, closer scrutiny of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and the return of women support back to the […]
Liberals’ public opinion research spending bump an electoral boost, says strategist
Public opinion research spending climbed to $15.3-million during the 2018-19 fiscal year, according to a report by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This brings an end to the Liberals’ two-year decline in spending since 2016, with spending this year topping 2017-18 costs by $3.4-million. According to Conservative strategist Dennis Matthews, a vice-president of marketing and […]
MPs should use the summer to prove everyone wrong
Federal politicians are the least liked out of all of their political brethren, or so says an Angus Reid Institute study published June 25. The public-opinion survey found that 28 per cent say they have a negative opinion of people who choose to run for federal office compared to 19 per cent and 14 per […]
Trudeau’s legislative record unlikely to motivate voters in the fall, with a few exceptions: pollsters
Four years of lawmaking has left the Liberal government with a lengthy list of accomplishments and black marks, but only a few legal changes made or abandoned by the Trudeau government will likely play a significant role at the ballot box this October, say political observers. “There’s an old saying in politics: ‘Friends come and […]
Pollsters expect ‘acrimonious, intensely fought’ federal election campaign, high-tech ‘black ops’ from domestic and foreign third parties
The next election campaign is shaping up to be one of the most “acrimonious, intensely fought,” and “unprecedented” runs in Canadian political history, involving populism and the use of “high-tech black ops through algorithms and social media” by domestic and foreign players, say pollsters. “[The most important aspects will be] the high-technology black ops, through […]
Liberal backers want to implement new NAFTA now, but Conservative supporters want to wait until after looming election, poll suggests
Canadians are split over when to implement the renegotiated NAFTA, a new poll suggests. A Forum Research poll suggested that 51 per cent of Canadians think the new NAFTA—formally called the USMCA or CUSMA in Canada—should be implemented now, while 49 per cent say the implementation should wait until after the upcoming federal election. Support […]
We don’t need Brexit or Trump to make Canadian politicians up their games
OTTAWA—If you didn’t believe it before, you should know there is some sort of political turbulence or disruption at play in the land. How long lasting it may be and how dramatic is still to be determined, but one thing is certain: if you’re an incumbent, it’s a time for nail biting. All the recent […]
‘Clock ticking fast’ to next election, but Liberal support headed in ‘wrong direction at the wrong time,’ say veteran political analysts
With the “clock ticking and ticking fast” to the next election, support for the federal Liberals is headed in the “wrong direction at the wrong time,” bleeding a significant chunk of their support across the country, say veteran pollsters, and the governing party should be “very concerned” that they control the national agenda, get the […]
