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Struggling seniors, withering workplace pensions: Why Canadians support plans to expand CPP
By Dave Korzinski July 5, 2016 – In June, after a summit with provincial and territorial finance ministers, the government announced an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). At the time of the meeting the Angus Reid Institute found strong
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Hockey Night Shakeup: On the Strombo Split and the MacLean Majority
By Dave Korzinski June 27, 2016 – Call it hockey’s inherent conservatism, call it a poor fit or blame it on an historically bad season for Canadian hockey franchises – whatever the reason, George Stroumboulopoulos is out of a job. It
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Bill C-14: Debate between Senate and House of Commons mirrors public opinion on assisted-dying
By Shachi Kurl and Dave Korzinski June 13, 2016 – The legislative battle brewing in Ottawa over the Liberal government’s Bill C-14 regarding medical assistance in dying represents a true test for the relatively newly non-partisan Senate and a challenge the Prime
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Hoop Dreams: Can the Raptors capture a nation’s interest?
By Dave Korzinski, Research Associate May 12, 2016 – The Toronto Raptors are in the midst of their most successful season since the franchise’s inception in 1995. Fans in the ‘Six’ celebrated their first ever best-of-seven playoff series victory by defeating the
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Hold the phone, providers and regulators – Canadians care about wireless competition
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director May 4, 2016 – The $3.1-billion deal for the purchase of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. by Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. prompts the question of whether Manitobans should be bracing for a particularly staticky kind of cellphone sadness this
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NHL playoff viewership decline: Can Sidney Crosby save the day?
By Dave Korzinski, Research Associate May 1, 2016 – To the likely dismay of playoff rights holders at Rogers Media, what many Canadians told us here at the Angus Reid Institute was going to happen, has actually happened: there has been a precipitous decline
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