Dominion Institute’s wailing over public ignorance seems to strike a newsroom chord

Dominion Institute polls are undeniably entertaining; 14 per cent of respondents in one survey identified D-Day as a sneak attack on Hawaii. But it's inaccurate to suggest we are uniquely stupid, or that our democracy hangs in the balance.

Each Canada Day brings another frown from the Dominion Institute, the federally-funded agency that hectors the public for its inability to answer questions on historical facts. This year I decided to put the questions to them for a change.

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