by Richard Jenkins | Apr 22, 2013 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
The impression one gets from a casual following of economic news is that Canada is doing well but not outstanding. There are concerns about Europe and the U.S. but these seem divorced from the day-to-day lives of most Canadians. Nevertheless, consumer confidence has...
by Richard Jenkins | Mar 12, 2013 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
Public opinion change is not unheard of but when it comes to fundamental beliefs and values, we expect change to take place slowly, if at all. The evolution of Canadian beliefs about same-sex marriage provide an interesting example of dramatic changes that both...
by Richard Jenkins | Feb 15, 2013 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
Senators have been having a tough time the last few weeks and the institution is looking a lot less like an institution of sober second thought and more like a frat house. But, even if Harper is now regretting his choices and even though he may want senate reform, the...
by Richard Jenkins | Sep 8, 2012 | Elections, Industry News and Trends, Public Opinion
Just this week, we got another pseudo apologetic letter about why election polling is sometimes (perhaps even often) inaccurate. This time it was from Peter Loewen (an Assistant Professor of UofT). His article in the Ottawa Citizen is here but, it like many similiar...
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 | Jul 19, 2012 | Consumer and brand behaviour, Public Opinion
There are no shortage of real world indicators of economic performance of an economy and its implications for everyday citizens but sometimes a public opinion measure offers us a clear alternative to hard economic stats. Since 2004, consumer sentiment about the...
