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.
The LISPOP Housing Forum will be hosted virtually on October 6th, 2022. The event will be accessible remotely via Zoom stream. The event is free to attend, but registration will be required for attendance. The symposium will explore public opinion and housing policy in Canada from the perspectives of academics and community […]
Revera Inc., the international chain of for-profit long-term care homes owned by the Government of Canada, is in the news again – and, as in the early stages of the pandemic, it is not good news. This time the bad tidings come from England where a Revera subsidiary, Signature Senior […]
As a rule, Canadians do not pay close attention to the biennial midterm elections in the United States, when all 535 members of the House of Representatives and one-third of senators and state governors come up for re-election or replacement. The midterms back in 1970 were an exception to the […]
Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauRideau Cottage1 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON K1A 0A1 My Dear Prime Minister, Welcome home, Sir. You sure managed to cram a lot into six days away: the first four days in England for the magnificent state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, an audience with King Charles III, meetings with […]
The ability of the Conservatives to re-establish themselves as an alternative federal government will rest on at least two factors. First, their new leader, Pierre Poilievre, needs to hold the party together following a bitterly divisive leadership campaign in which he managed to alienate, perhaps deliberately and permanently, centrists who […]
By any realistic appraisal, the monarchy, as an institution has outlived its relevance in this country. It serves no necessary or useful purpose. But there’s a reason why the institution has survived as long as it has and stayed in reasonable repair, surmounting multiple controversies – from Diana to Camilla […]
There was something peculiar about the appointment of Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first Indigenous Canadian ever named to the Supreme Court of Canada. Not about the historic appointment itself. Not so much about the choice of Justice O’Bonsawin, who is an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation in Northern Ontario, […]
Let’s circle four days in September – Saturday, Sept. 10 through Tuesday, the 13th. These dates, a week before Parliament returns from its summer recess, will be the most significant ones in the 2022 political calendar since March 22, the day when the Liberals and New Democrats signed their non-aggression […]
