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Patrick Cain

Patrick Cain

Patrick is an online writer and editor in Toronto, focused mostly on data, FOI, maps and visualizations. He has won some awards, been a beat reporter covering digital privacy and cannabis, and started an FOI case that ended in the Supreme Court

Recent Work by Patrick

Poll: 60% would move to wind down the cigarette industry

Poll: 60% would move to wind down the cigarette industry

About 60 per cent of readers would approve if governments set a goal of ending the cigarette industry over a period of years, a recent online poll shows.
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POLL: Despite U.S. polls, most expect Biden's re-election

POLL: Despite U.S. polls, most expect Biden's re-election

In an online poll this week, just under two-thirds of Village Media readers were confident that U.S. president Joe Biden would be re-elected
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POLL: Union membership has a mild connection to political views

POLL: Union membership has a mild connection to political views

Current or former union membership has a mild connection to a reader's political views, an online poll this week showed
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POLL: Have you had enough of fireworks?

POLL: Have you had enough of fireworks?

Love them or hate them, fireworks are hard to ignore. This past Victoria Day, some neighbourhoods sounded like an hours-long re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg
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Poll: Second choices offer hints about possible — or impossible — voter shifts

Poll: Second choices offer hints about possible — or impossible — voter shifts

This week, we asked in an online poll what federal political party you'd vote for if your first choice wasn't an option
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Poll: Two-thirds don't expect to see the Leafs win the Cup in their lifetimes

Poll: Two-thirds don't expect to see the Leafs win the Cup in their lifetimes

The Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. About two-thirds of readers in an online poll said they didn't expect to see that change in their lifetimes
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Poll: Most readers would make the notwithstanding clause harder to use

Poll: Most readers would make the notwithstanding clause harder to use

Just over half of readers surveyed in an online poll this week said that the notwithstanding clause should be harder to use than it is now, but not taken out of the Constitution entirely
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Poll: Most wouldn't pay for a national-scale H5N1 vaccination

Poll: Most wouldn't pay for a national-scale H5N1 vaccination

Should the feds write a big cheque and order enough H5N1 vaccine for the whole country, and get the production lines moving now? In an online poll this week and last, most of you said no
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Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader

Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader

The federal Liberals have the potential to gain votes from the Greens and NDP, and firm up their own support, if Justin Trudeau resigned and the party had a new leader going into the next election, an online poll showed this week
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Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

Some 80 per cent of readers agreed with the statement 'Home ownership in Canada is becoming something only the rich can afford' in an online poll this week
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