IPSOS Public Affairs Datasets

The Ipsos Canadian Public Affairs Dataverse is a repository of over 60 Ipsos Canada surveys that shed light on Canadian culture, politics, and society. All data is open access. This resource has been graciously donated to LISPOP and Wilfrid Laurier University by Ipsos Canada.

A Tribute to Geoffrey Stevens (1940-2023)

Geoffrey Stevens, the esteemed Canadian journalist, leaves behind a remarkable legacy through a journalistic journey that spanned decades. From his first position as a reporter through his ascension to managing editor at The Globe and Mail, he fearlessly navigated the intricate web of politics and policy, illuminating the corridors of […]

Gratuitous advice for a prime minister in his hour of need

Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaRideau Cottage1 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON  K1A 0A1 My Dear Prime Minister, Please forgive me for taking so long to come to your aid with my counsel. It is, as always, gratuitous, gratis, and worth every penny of it.  I speak for your legions of true […]

Can Parliament be saved from its own worst instincts and practices?

As I watched Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives brutalize former governor general David Johnston – a better man than they, in my view – coarsely cross-examining him like a hostile witness at a war crimes trial when he appeared before the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) last week, I was filled […]

It is harder than you may think to slay a unicorn

In Ottawa, the town where dreams go to die, cynicism is the helium that fills the political balloon as it floats away, far beyond the concerns of ordinary people. The distance between the governors and the governed has never seemed greater. Last week, with COVID dropping off the chart of […]

Can David Johnston save Justin Trudeau from himself?

No one in their right mind would have volunteered for the job of the “special rapporteur” to chart a path through the tangled web of accusations, leaked intelligence reports, public controversy and political partisanship that surrounds allegations that agents of the Chinese state interfered in the two most recent federal […]

Trudeau and Poilievre are their own worst enemies

“My challenge to members is to find their better angels and put away the anger and false indignation. Criticize by all means, but do it with respect and maybe even wit. Make Canadians proud of this House and the people in it.” – Marc Garneau, scientist, naval officer, astronaut and […]

How a newspaper’s dubious allegations fueled a parliamentary frenzy

Is the frenzy on Parliament Hill over foreign activity in election campaigns the fallout from a legitimate national security scandal – or is it, as I will contend, much ado about nearly nothing, another example of the political playacting and hyper-partisanship that has marked the House of Commons in recent […]