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Cruel Summer: Trudeau’s Liberals trail opposition CPC by seven points at midway mark of federal election cycle
Trudeau maintains personal appeal advantage over Poilievre; 39% approve of PM’s performance August 14, 2023 – A challenging summer for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personally, as he and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, announced they would be separating, is becoming
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While Canadians say ‘Big Tech’ should pay to share Canadian news, few see Online News Act as the solution
Concern over backlash and blocked access to Canadian content drives pushback against Bill C-18 July 10, 2023 – An escalating tug of war between the Liberal government and Big Tech – with Canadian news content in the middle – is
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Bracing for (more) pain: Three-in-five Canadians say latest increase to BoC rate will further hurt finances
Enthusiasm for rate hikes drops: 36 per cent would decrease rates, up 13 points from September July 20, 2023 – Millions of Canadians are fast getting up to speed on monetary policy this summer against the backdrop of yet another
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As newsrooms grapple with shifting media landscape, most Canadians oppose government intervention
Consolidation also opposed as daily print readership evaporates as news consumption moves online July 13, 2023 – The top story of Canadian news in recent years is one of decline – falling revenues, shrinking work forces of journalists, and fewer
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Provincial Performance: B.C. & Ontario governments face immense, growing criticism over handling of key issues
Despite low performance ratings, both B.C. NDP and Ontario PCs lead comfortably in vote June 29, 2023 – While government dissatisfaction has become a familiar trend in Ontario in recent years, the ranks of those disenchanted with the performance of
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Air India Anniversary: 60% of 18- to 34-year-olds have ‘never heard of’ nation’s deadliest terror attack
Overall, nine-in-ten know little or nothing of Air India Flight 182 terrorist attack that killed 280 June 22, 2023 – On June 23, 1985, 329 people, 280 of them Canadian citizens, died when an explosion brought down Air India Flight
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