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Approving B.C. LNG project likely to alienate a small – but important – segment of Trudeau base
By Ian Holliday, Research Associate September 30, 2016 – The federal government’s approval – with 190 conditions – of an $11.4-billion terminal for exporting liquefied natural gas on British Columbia’s northern coast raises a number of questions about the Trudeau government’s energy
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Premiers’ Performance: Pallister and Clark climb; Wynne loses ground
Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall drops nine points to new low; but is still Canada’s most approved-of premier September 21, 2016 – In what had been the country’s most overheated housing market, BC Premier Christy Clark’s imposition of a 15% tax on foreign buyers
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Federal Politics: Two-in-three Canadians approve of PM Justin Trudeau
Canadian satisfaction with government rising, though confidence in the economy lags September 15, 2016 – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rounds the bases on the first anniversary of the election that gave him and his Liberal caucus a majority mandate,
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Basic Income? Basically unaffordable, say most Canadians
Two-in-three say a basic income program would discourage people from working August 11, 2016 – As governments across the country and around the world mull the concept of a basic income for all their citizens, a new poll from the
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Canadians say it’s easier for men to get elected, but see both sexes as equally good leaders
More people think Hillary Clinton’s gender has helped her career than hurt it July 25, 2016 – As Hillary Clinton makes history this week by becoming the first woman to receive a major party’s nomination for U.S. president, a new
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Style, substance, or both? Canadians weigh in on Liberals’ first House of Commons session
Most see government working as well as or better than it did with Harper as PM June 22, 2016 – With the House of Commons in the first days of its summer recess, a new public opinion poll from the
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