Environics has released its annual polling on Canadian attitudes toward immigration and refugees in Canada, which offers the best look at where Canadians are at on immigration as a policy and social issue.

Let's look at some highlights...

www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/pro...

NEW: Looks like CycleToronto won in court. Justice Schabas finds Ontario's law (AND version 2) to remove bike lanes infringe S7 of the Charter and is not saved by S1, in large part because the govt had no evidence to back up its claims.

Not to dispute the basic premise that huge defence spending increases will necessitate big cuts elsewhere, which is obvious. But based on the Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports on climate-related files I've covered, I'm a bit reluctant to take his reports on anything else as gospel.

Really great to see @rokhanna.bsky.social stand up for tracking - removing advanced classes from schools is literally the single most unpopular policy we've ever polled

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

The Canadian dollar looks like someone having a heart attack

They're really putting the FFS into tariffs is what they're doing

It’s important that we all encourage and support people who are staying on the job in a difficult time and discourage Trump’s ambition of encouraging everyone to self-purge and do his job for him.

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Surely this will be the moment where I finally learn how to correctly spell tarrif/tariff/tarriff.

Yes. Also it is mostly not a cost but an investment that will pay dividends for generations to come

Here's an idea:

Let's stop hoping the Governor General will exercise a degree of discretion not seen in Canada since the office was held British aristocrats.

How about an Act of Parliament regulating the length of prorogations?

To address the physician shortage, a B.C. city put a family doc on the municipal payroll -- with vacation, parental leave, pension and other benefits. Now, other physicians want in, by @andreawoo.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

B.C.’s decision to make #contraception free led to a spike in women choosing long-acting options like IUDs, which are better than the pill at preventing unwanted pregnancies, new data show, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ReproRights

“In the years since 1982, developing countries have transferred an estimated $4200 billion in interest payments to their creditors in Europe and North America, far outstripping the official-sector development aid these countries received during the same period.“

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