• Alex Kohut

As federal and provincial governments continue to look for new ways to address concerns Canadians have with the current healthcare system, policy discussions have turned to the management of access to virtual care options. A leaked Health Canada memo suggests the federal government is considering intervening to prevent workplace and group benefit plans from offering virtual care coverage at no...

• 2024-11-05
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• Alex Kohut

A new spark*insights online poll of 400 British Columbians conducted in partnership with iPolitics finds a tight race in the province as election day arrives. Among the key findings:

• 2024-10-18
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

As the closing ceremony for Paris 2024 approaches, we asked 1,815 adult Canadians about their own sport and Olympic dreams. Here’s what we learned:

• 2024-08-09
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Liberals losing the left, right, centre right, and have only a narrow advantage on the centre left

• 2024-06-26
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

New spark*insights polling shows support for some key budget policies, but low recall of budget measures among the young target audience.

• 2024-04-25
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Our public opinion research surrounding the federal budget reveals the Liberals face challenges in convincing Canadians they are on the right track with their latest budget. These findings are based on a national online survey of 2132 adult Canadians, conducted online, between the dates April 18-22, 2024.

• 2024-04-23
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• Alex Kohut

One day after the speeches have been made, what have Canadians noticed about the federal Budget? Data from Google Trends measuring search interest in budget policies from across the country suggests the changes to the capital gains tax were the highest profile item announced on Budget Day, far above any other policy measure

• 2024-04-17
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• Alex Kohut

A deeply divided electorate in New Brunswick is likely to result in the closest provincial election of 2024. Close elections have been a trademark of New Brunswick politics for the last decade, and all early signs for the election scheduled for October 21, 2024 suggest another tightly fought race with drama to spare.

• 2024-03-20
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Brian Mulroney, the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, held that office from September 1984 to June of 1993. During that time, he launched several major initiatives, some of which were controversial at the time.

• 2024-03-19
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• Alex Kohut, Bruce Anderson

In our first release in a series analyzing the messaging choices made by Canadian politicians, spark*insights is looking at what each party leader said most in the House of Commons in 2023. Party leaders are notorious for remaining “on message” in the House of Commons, but what is the message they are trying to communicate the most? Examining Hansard for...

• 2024-01-27
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Our latest survey results show that most Canadians don’t want to see the CBC shut down, but fewer than half think it is fine the way it is today. We offered respondents a choice between three alternative opinions about the CBC (“which of these is closer to your view of the CBC”): It’s important and should continue doing what it’s...

• 2024-01-11
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Our latest survey results show that if Canadians were voting in the US Presidential election, and the two nominees were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the Democrat would win by a wide margin. However, 33% support for Trump is higher than has generally been seen in Canadian polls in the past, and suggests that Biden has struggled to maintain popularity...

• 2024-01-10
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

We offered respondents a choice between three views about climate change: in the end, the world will come together, find ways to change and avoid a catastrophe; the world won’t be able to come together and there will be a catastrophe; climate change is not a problem to be worried about. Here’s what we found:

• 2024-01-09
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Our latest research shows that when it comes to what is making them feel hardship, inflation is a worse problem for far more people. These findings are based on a national online survey of 2000 adult Canadians.

• 2023-12-06
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

In a nationwide online survey of 2000 Canadian adults, with fieldwork during the month of October, we asked “which of these do you think has been a better Prime Minister” and offered a series of paired choices, focusing on those leaders who had served in office for a similar length of time as Justin Trudeau.

• 2023-11-26
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• Bruce Anderson, Alex Kohut

Conservatives say killing it will save people money, others say it’s an essential in the fight against climate change. Here’s how it lands with voters.

• 2023-10-05
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