News & Polls

Populist, anti-elite and nativist views linked to globally widespread broken-system sentiment

“System Is Broken” Index highly correlated with outcomes-based metrics indicative of social progress

Half (49%) of Canadians Say Recent Events Make Addressing Climate Change More Urgent, but are Less Willing to Pay to Help

Slim Majority (52%) Now Not Willing to Pay More to Help Fight Climate Change, Up 6 Points Since 2019

What Pandemic? COVID-19 Surpassed by Health Care (31%), Affordability (25%), Climate Change (24%), and Economy (24%) as Top Issues of the Day

Liberals Seen as Best Suited to Tackle Most Top Issues, But Cede Major Ground to Conservatives Regarding Economy

As Election Fever Builds, Liberal Majority in Doubt as Liberal (36%, -2) Lead Over Conservatives (30%, +4) Shrinks to 6 Points

Tight Regional Races Make It Difficult for Liberals to Gain Seats

[WEBINAR] What’s Next: Future Consumption Trends in Canada

Workers want more flexibility from their employers after COVID

Survey of employed adults in 29 countries for the World Economic Forum finds one in four now working from home more often than before the pandemic; preference is for working remotely half of the time after it is over

One-Third (32%) of Canadians Plan to Spend More Than Normal, As Pent-Up Pandemic Spending Finds Outlets

Continued Variation in Pandemic Recovery -- Half (49%) Report Improvement in Debt Situation, While One-Third (30%) Report Worsening Debt Situation

The Truth is Out There -- Two in Three Canadians (65%) Believe in Alien Life Forms; Belief in UFOs at 56%

One in Ten (9%) Claim to Have Seen a UFO Themselves

World Youth Skills Day 2021: Worse mental health and wellbeing are seen as long-lasting outcomes

On average, almost 4-in-10 across 29 countries think worse mental health and wellbeing among children and young people will be a long-lasting outcome of the pandemic.

From highs to lows: interest in the Tokyo Olympics varies around the globe

Six in ten (62%) say the event marks an important opportunity for the world to come together after the Covid-19 pandemic