High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'

A woman walks past the Bank of Canada Building on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2025. 'Polarization and disinformation and the things which are fuelling it are extraordinarily bad and unhealthy for the country, and we really need a strategy to deal with it and which we’re not coming up with,' says Ekos pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

November 10, 2025

While the focus last week was on how Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s budget will affect Canadians’ pocketbooks, the top issues “keeping them up at night” involve deep concerns about the country’s future, according to Frank Graves, founder and presid...

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