by Richard Jenkins | Oct 5, 2010 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
The Ontario Superior Court shook things up with its decision that the current laws that constrain an otherwise legal activity (selling sex for money) “force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person.” The decision...
by Richard Jenkins | Sep 29, 2010 | Consumer and brand behaviour, Public Policy
Why do economic forecasts require so much adjustment if they are based on reliable economic models? Last week, for example, the release of Statistics Canada figures for July showed a decline in consumer spending that fuelled speculation that the recovery in Canada may...
by Richard Jenkins | Jun 15, 2010 | Consumer and brand behaviour, Public Policy
Apps are the new Internet. Actually, they are transforming it from what has largely been a shared space (public websites, social communities, and email communications) to something more. Apps often use the Internet to deliver experiences and now more than ever...
by Richard Jenkins | May 6, 2010 | Public Policy
When governments back down from a policy announcement or change it has the media image of the people’s will being brought to bear against an out of touch government; something, perhaps, to applaud. When governments back down from a policy, especially when they did not...
by Richard Jenkins | Apr 28, 2010 | Public Policy
Yesterday, the Conference Board of Canada issued a news release indicating that confidence in Canada “took a dive in April”. This counters somewhat the findings from the most recent TNS poll which shows confidence at its highest level since April 2008. Survey timing,...
by Richard Jenkins | Mar 24, 2010 | Public Policy, Survey methodology
Increasingly households in the United States are abandoning their landline phones in favour of the wireless phones which have become so ubiquitous. Last year the Centre for Disease Control found that 23 per cent of households had only a wireless or cell phone. Trend...
