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1 month ago | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
Carney Leads in Trump-Era Leadership, Poilievre Viewed as More Compliant
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1 month ago | 
sharpenyouraxe.substack.com | Margaret Atwood |Darrell Bricker |John Ibbitson |Rupert Cocke
"No pushchairs" by LoopZilla is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.Europe is on the brink of a serious population crisis. There were 449m people in the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2023, according to Eurostat. The median age in the bloc is almost 45, while 21.3% of the population are above 65 and only 14.9% are below the age of 15. Thanks for reading Sharpen Your Axe! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
Listen in as Ipsos’ Global CEO of Public Affairs, Darrell Bricker, joins The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer for a bi-weekly conversation about policy and politics. The Hub is a not-for-profit digital news outlet committed to independent analysis and spirited debate about Canada’s past, present and future. It is for readers who want to go deeper into the issues that matter.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
Liberal prospects are unchanged since Trudeau’s resigned on 6 January 2025. Support for the Liberals has remained flat while Conservative support continues to increase (46%, +1 point since late December 2024). Conservatives are still on track to win a decisive victory if an election were held tomorrow, leading by 26 points against the Liberals. The Conservative lead is consistent across age, gender, education level and income groups.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
In the latest edition of our annual Ipsos World Affairs polling for the Halifax Security Forum, we explore global attitudes towards conflicts and threats to the world. Key findings includeDisinformation worry high. Just over 3 in 4 (76% on average across 30 countries*) say the spread of disinformation to influence public opinion, new to the poll, is a real threat in the world today. Hacking concern remains.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
With time, the abnormal eventually seems a bit more normal. The initial spike in fear after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 has subsided a bit, though global majorities are still worried about a possible World War III and feel the world became a more dangerous place over the past year. Fear about a worldwide conflict dropsNew Ipsos polling conducted on behalf of the Halifax Security Forum from Sept. 20 and Oct.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
sharpenyouraxe.substack.com | Darrell Bricker |John Ibbitson |Ed Conway |Edward Plaice
"salt flats Bolivia" by psyberartist is licensed under CC BY 2.0.News junkies will probably have been closely following the tight election in the US; simmering hostilities between Israel and Iran; and a Ukrainian decision to take the fight to Russia. All of these are obviously important, but there is a chance you might have missed a series of news stories about lithium - a material that is vitally important to the future of the human species.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
There’s some optimism for a better future amid a bleak outlook of the state of things today. New polling of more than 22,000 people across 30 countries by Ipsos for the Halifax Security Forum finds 81%, on average across 30 countries, believe democracy, human rights and the rule of law are universal values that all nations deserve and can aspire to while 19% think these are uniquely Western values that are only possible in those countries.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
Perception is reality — but who, or what, is influencing reality these days? In the age of deepfakes and fake news it can be hard to know what’s fact and what’s fiction. And our new question on disinformation finds the vast majority are rightfully worried about this.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
ipsos.com | Darrell Bricker
Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs over the next decade. New polling of more than 22,000 people across 30 countries by Ipsos for the Halifax International Security Forum was done amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between Canada and India.
