by Richard Jenkins | Jul 25, 2012 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
The most recent shootings in a Colorado movie theatre by a man armed with an automatic weapon has hardly caused a ripple in terms of public demands for gun control. In one way, this is strikingly surprising because we expect dramatic events such of this to focus...
by Richard Jenkins | Apr 24, 2012 | Elections, Survey methodology
There will be much hand wringing, considerable hyperbole, and lots of pseudo theories/ explanations for why the polls did notĀ foreseeĀ the Conservative majority coming in the 2012 Alberta provincial election. Some attention will inevitably be placed on...
by Richard Jenkins | Feb 21, 2012 | Public Opinion
With several months of the Conservative majority in place, we can safely identify the direction on issues which clearly touch on Canadian values and culture. Most prominently, is the “law and order” agenda, much of which seems at odds with expert opinions...
by Richard Jenkins | Feb 15, 2012 | Public Policy
A couple of years into the decade and it seems possible that the decade will be defined in terms of its impact on the size and nature of public services/ benefits? Backlash against austerity are already occurring in Greece and there is considerable uncertainty about...
by Richard Jenkins | Aug 19, 2011 | Public Opinion
In 2004, TNS Canada produced its first Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) and it is interesting that its recent results mirror those from its first surveys. What, if anything, can this tell us about the state of the economy? Canadians, while deeply affected by the...