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Marc Zwelling is the founder of the Vector Poll™ and author of Public Opinion and Polling For Dummies (Wiley, 2012). His website is www.vectorresearch.com.
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What are the chances of a Canadian Trump?

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In the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party some pundits see proof that restless voters are rejecting the guidance of political leaders, business elites and mainstream news media.

Could a demagogue like Trump, arousing xenophobic passions, emerge in Canada?

No.

Canada has had politicians with Trump-like impacts. Their opponents underestimate firebrands, and then they disrupt the system.

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Tragedy of errors: The NDP seeks answers, asks the wrong question

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The federal NDP lost its 18th straight election in October, and leader Tom Mulcair is trying to find the black box in the wreckage of the campaign.

The federal party’s campaign was a tragedy of errors. In late May EKOS Research declared, "…The prospect of a previously unthinkable NDP victory has squarely entered the realm of plausibility for voters."

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A single-issue election: The anti-Harper vote

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By now, under a typical government, a federal election in Canada called on August 2 would nearly be over. But Stephen Harper's fetish for trying to manipulate the public created an 11-week campaign instead of the ordinary 37 days. A seemingly everlasting election gives Harper's Conservatives more time to raise money while exhausting their opponents' bank accounts.

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Harper surrenders to ISIS (or how the left should talk about terrorism)

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The Harper government's anti-terrorism act is a trap for the Conservatives' opponents.

To Stephen Harper, there's no trade-off between security and civil liberties when you fight terrorism. The prime minister postures as tough on terror and taunts those who disagree with him as pawns of the jihadists.

As civil liberties advocates insist, Bill C-51 turns the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) into an enemy of the people. The bill allows the authorities to spy on anyone they feel threatens the "security of Canadians." Such a broad definition of a security threat smears picketers, writers and protesters as terrorists.

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The inequality trap

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Two years ago the Occupy Movement propelled inequality into the news. Today Occupy is gone from the headlines, and inequality hasn't made it to the political agenda.

Think-tanks, economists and some politicians talk a lot about inequality. What do Canadians think?

In a Forum Research poll in November, 86 per cent agreed that "there is a growing income gap in Canada, where the rich are getting too rich and the poor are getting too poor."

-  76 per cent also agreed the "provincial and federal governments should do more to redistribute wealth from the richest to poorest Canadians." Fifty per cent agreed strongly.

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Thinking outside the mailbox to save Canada Post

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