Environics Institute for Survey Research and Election Day

Michael Adams: My friends were right, and the media have been explaining why we voted the way we did since election day, according to The Chronicle Herald. What rang the most true for me was a Globe and Mail op-ed by Michael Adams, of the Environics Institute for Survey Research, who made the data-based case that the deciding factor in the election was Canadian values. Although over the last decade, I have often heard friends voice something like, Don’t worry; Canada is still Canada and the wayward ship of government will return to home port in due time, I wasn’t so confident. The embrace of Justin Trudeau Liberals, he wrote, was a reaffirmation of our fundamental belief in a pluralistic society, a strong role for government in serving the greater good, and empathy and compromise as tools for navigating contentious waters. With challenges around health care, immigration, trade, social justice and energy production already in view, the new government allegiance to the greater good promises to be tested soon and often. Canada is back. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.