HeyJaredinFocus with David Coletto
Welcome to David Coletto's Polling Lab: Insights, observations, and public opinion data on Canadian politics, public policy, & society. I ask people questions for a living and love it. Chair & CEO of Abacus Data. Professor at Carleton University
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After a Very Busy Two Weeks, Canadian Public Opinion Barely Moved (opens the original)
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There are weeks in politics when a lot happens and public opinion moves with it. And then there are weeks like the past two.Since our previous survey left the field, the federal government held its fall cabinet planning forum in Banff, hosted the first Canada Investment Summit in Toronto, announced new business investment measures and plans to seek private capital through long-term operating concessions at Canada’s four largest airports, and continued to navigate an escalating and unresolved tra
Trumpwashing (opens the original)
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When B.C. Premier David Eby called a provincial election on Tuesday, two years ahead of schedule, he framed it as a response to the threat posed by Donald Trump. The next day, standing near the Peace Arch at the Canada-U.S. border, he again made the American president central to his argument for another mandate. The setting and the message were clear: this election is about who will protect British Columbians from what is happening south of the border.I think the decision to frame the election i
Alberta Isn’t Leaving Canada. That Doesn’t Mean the Federation Is Fine. (opens the original)
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I’ve spent much of the past ten days in Alberta - visting both Calgary and Banff.And the thing I kept noticing was how difficult it is to reconcile two feelings that seem to exist at the same time.The first is optimism.Calgary feels like it is growing everywhere you look. There are cranes, construction, new neighbourhoods, new businesses and people arriving from across Canada and around the world. The energy sector has momentum. Banff was packed. There is a confidence in Western Canada right now
Toronto Pearson Airport and the Test of Whether Canada Can Build Again (opens the original)
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As the Prime Minister heads to Europe after his investment summit in Toronto, new polling we did last week Toronto Pearson airport is worth reflecting on.The finding that first caught my attention was this: once we describe LIFT, Pearson’s multi-billion-dollar plan to expand and modernize the airport, in a single sentence, 61% of Ontarians support it and just 7% oppose it.That support starts from a low base. 63% had not heard about the program before we asked, which is less surprising than it so
Canada (and Carney) Is Looking to Europe (opens the original)
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One of the most interesting shifts in Canadian public opinion right now is happening in how we think about our place in the world.Our latest Abacus Data poll finds that 80% of Canadians support deeper strategic cooperation with the European Union on foreign policy, defence, and economic priorities. That is up six points since February.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eDHR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-pos
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