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Back to homepageCrisis management – How COVID-19 gave Trudeau a political shot in the arm
By Shachi Kurl, President As it is said so elegantly in French (but also in just about every other language), “rien n’est éternel.” Nothing lasts forever. Recent days have demonstrated this in two important ways. Questions had always lingered over
Read MoreFacing signs of chaos, Canadians must hold it together in COVID fight
By Shachi Kurl, President Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/ Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/ The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
Read MoreThe US Election and Reliable Polling
By Angus Reid, Chairman In the wake of the 2020 US election, and the inability of some pollsters to correctly forecast races in key states, some observers are yet again predicting the end of the polling industry. Defeated president Donald
Read MoreTrump still has a path to victory. It all depends on who turns out to vote
By Shachi Kurl, President In November 2016, we struggled to understand the dynamics and motivations of the nearly 63 million Americans who cast their presidential vote for Donald J. Trump and left the world stunned. Months later, I would write
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