Groups representing homosexuals, students and people with HIV are vowing to continue fighting a Superior Court judge’s ruling that Canadian Blood Services can refuse donations from men who have sex with men.
In dismissing a constitutional challenge, an Ontario Superior Court judge wrote that Canadian Blood Services, a private, not-for-profit charitable organization, is not a government body and its policies are therefore not governed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“That’s a dangerous decision. Governments are privatizing their activities all the time. If they can escape Charter scrutiny by setting up a corporation to carry out whatever program it is they’re concerned about… it will be an easy way (for governments) to insulate themselves,’’ said Doug Elliott, a lawyer who represented the Canadian AIDS Society in the case.
The judge also found the challenge would not have succeeded even if the policies were subject to the Charter because giving blood is not a defining element of Canadian identity.
Rather than focusing on sex between men, Canadian Blood Services should be asking potential donors—regardless of orientation —whether they’ve engaged in unprotected sex, says gay rights group Egale Canada.
Calling the organization’s blood services questionnaire and policies “discriminatory,’’ Egale spokesperson Helen Kennedy said that while some people in the gay community would be high-risk blood donors, “you have to also acknowledge those who aren’t.’’
Brent Farrington, a spokesperson for the Canadian Federation of Students, echoed the need for a questionnaire based on unprotected sex. About 15 to 18 per cent of blood in Canada is collected on university campuses.
“The question should ask if you’ve engaged in unprotected sex, and how many sexual partners an individual has had,’’ Farrington said, arguing that research is beginning to show these types of questions would improve the safety and security of the blood supply.
But Dr. Dana Devine, vice president of medical, scientific and research affairs for Canadian Blood Services, says details about unprotected sex can be dubious because condom misuse and breakage rates are thought to be between five and 20 per cent.
“Just because you used (a condom) doesn’t necessarily ensure that the practice was therefore safe relative to not using one. It may reduce the risk somewhat, but doesn’t get rid of it entirely. That’s one reason we don’t ask questions of that detail,’’ Devine said.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Natalie Gray, 20 launches G20 lawsuit against Toronto Police Services Board and unnamed individual officers.
woman who alleges she was shot with rubber bullets by Toronto Police during the G20 summit is at the centre of a lawsuit expected to be detailed Wednesday.
Natalie Gray, 20, is suing the Toronto Police Services Board and unnamed individual officers for more than $1 million in damages for her treatment during the massive summit in June, her lawyers announced late Tuesday.
“Natalie is suing for assault and battery, unlawful arrest and detention, malicious prosecution, and violations of a number of her constitutional rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” a press release from lawyers Clayton Ruby and Brian Shiller stated. “Mr. Ruby and Mr. Shiller call for an immediate criminal investigation of the police officer who shot Natalie.”
The lawyers alleged Gray was “protesting peacefully” on June 27 when “she was viciously shot twice by the Toronto Police with what she believes were rubber bullets.”
“Natalie sustained extremely painful injuries to both her elbow and sternum. The police initially denied, but later admitted, to using rubber bullets,” the lawyers stated. “Natalie was arrested and — without any basis in law — was charged with obstruction of a peace officer.”
Shiller and Ruby go on to state that Gray was driven around in a police car for 30 minutes before she was taken to hospital.
“She was then taken to the detention centre on Eastern Ave., where she was taunted by police officers, denied access to her asthma medication, strip searched and denied access to counsel despite her repeated requests to speak to a lawyer,” the lawyers state.
Gray said she was detained for 30 hours before she was released on bail the next day.
Charges against Gray were withdrawn on Aug. 23.
Gray said in a statement posted on mediacoop.ca she has never “been more terrified, more dehumanized or more in pain than I was that day.”
Toronto Police spokesman Mark Pugash could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
The lawsuit is the third one publicly announced since the June summit.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
Natalie Gray, 20, is suing the Toronto Police Services Board and unnamed individual officers for more than $1 million in damages for her treatment during the massive summit in June, her lawyers announced late Tuesday.
“Natalie is suing for assault and battery, unlawful arrest and detention, malicious prosecution, and violations of a number of her constitutional rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” a press release from lawyers Clayton Ruby and Brian Shiller stated. “Mr. Ruby and Mr. Shiller call for an immediate criminal investigation of the police officer who shot Natalie.”
The lawyers alleged Gray was “protesting peacefully” on June 27 when “she was viciously shot twice by the Toronto Police with what she believes were rubber bullets.”
“Natalie sustained extremely painful injuries to both her elbow and sternum. The police initially denied, but later admitted, to using rubber bullets,” the lawyers stated. “Natalie was arrested and — without any basis in law — was charged with obstruction of a peace officer.”
Shiller and Ruby go on to state that Gray was driven around in a police car for 30 minutes before she was taken to hospital.
“She was then taken to the detention centre on Eastern Ave., where she was taunted by police officers, denied access to her asthma medication, strip searched and denied access to counsel despite her repeated requests to speak to a lawyer,” the lawyers state.
Gray said she was detained for 30 hours before she was released on bail the next day.
Charges against Gray were withdrawn on Aug. 23.
Gray said in a statement posted on mediacoop.ca she has never “been more terrified, more dehumanized or more in pain than I was that day.”
Toronto Police spokesman Mark Pugash could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
The lawsuit is the third one publicly announced since the June summit.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Canada "Fox News North" Campaign -- Attempted Sabotage, Avaaz Responds! : Conservative Party of Canada, May be the one that did it!
Yesterday Avaaz experienced an attack on our “Stop ‘Fox News North’” petition consisting of fraudulent sign-ups of targeted individuals.
There is evidence of a deliberate and illegal effort designed to discredit Avaaz and violate an important form of democratic expression for Canadian citizens. If this is confirmed we will request a full investigation, and help to bring the perpetrators to justice.
It seems likely that the people behind this attack wanted the public to think that Avaaz is a spamming organization. They targeted key journalists in an effort to damage Avaaz’s reputation in the press.
But the truth, the law, and 414,000 very real Canadian Avaaz subscribers -- the largest online activist community in Canadian history -- will set the record straight, about us, and about the forces behind this attack.
It's deeply disturbing that in all Avaaz's years of campaigns against US President George Bush, Burmese, Zimbabwean and Sudanese dictators, irresponsible multinational corporations and corrupt politicians, no one has ever yet stooped to this kind of tactic to undermine our members' right to express their views.
We do not yet have all the facts, but it appears to speak to the poisonous political climate and deeply deceptive tactics that have been bred by the radical right in Canada and its progenitor in the US. It is precisely this kind of bare-knuckled, brazenly deceptive and often hateful political climate that Sun TV's "Fox News North" appears keen to promote.
Canadians understand this, which is why, in just over 36 hours, well over 50,000 Canadians have signed our petition against Stephen Harper's attack on the independence of the CRTC as it resists the Sun TV request for access to Canadian’s cable fees.
There is evidence of a deliberate and illegal effort designed to discredit Avaaz and violate an important form of democratic expression for Canadian citizens. If this is confirmed we will request a full investigation, and help to bring the perpetrators to justice.
It seems likely that the people behind this attack wanted the public to think that Avaaz is a spamming organization. They targeted key journalists in an effort to damage Avaaz’s reputation in the press.
But the truth, the law, and 414,000 very real Canadian Avaaz subscribers -- the largest online activist community in Canadian history -- will set the record straight, about us, and about the forces behind this attack.
It's deeply disturbing that in all Avaaz's years of campaigns against US President George Bush, Burmese, Zimbabwean and Sudanese dictators, irresponsible multinational corporations and corrupt politicians, no one has ever yet stooped to this kind of tactic to undermine our members' right to express their views.
We do not yet have all the facts, but it appears to speak to the poisonous political climate and deeply deceptive tactics that have been bred by the radical right in Canada and its progenitor in the US. It is precisely this kind of bare-knuckled, brazenly deceptive and often hateful political climate that Sun TV's "Fox News North" appears keen to promote.
Canadians understand this, which is why, in just over 36 hours, well over 50,000 Canadians have signed our petition against Stephen Harper's attack on the independence of the CRTC as it resists the Sun TV request for access to Canadian’s cable fees.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
stop "fox news north" petition!
Prime Minister Harper is trying to push American-style hate media onto our airwaves, and make us all pay for it. His plan is to create a "Fox News North" to mimic the kind of hate-filled propaganda with which Fox News has poisoned U.S. politics. The channel will be run by Harper’s former top aide and will be funded with money from our cable TV fees!
One man stands in the way of this nightmare -- the Chairman of Canada's Radio and Telecommunications Commission Konrad von Finckenstein. And now, Harper is trying to get him out of his job. Sign the petition below to send a wave of support to von Finckenstein and forward this campaign to everyone -- we'll publish full page ads in Canadian papers when we reach 100,000:
To CRTC Chair von Finckenstein and PM Harper:
As concerned Canadians who deeply oppose American-style hate media on our airwaves, we applaud the CRTC's refusal to allow a new "Fox News North" channel to be funded from our cable fees. We urge Mr. von Finckenstein to stay in his job and continue to stand up for Canada's democratic traditions, and call on Prime Minister Harper to immediately stop all pressure on the CRTC on this matter.
Harper hatched his scheme in a secret lunch last year with media-mogul Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News. Harper's top aide Kory Teneycke also came to the lunch, and then left the government to head up Suncor Newspapers and the new "Fox News North".
Fox News fuels hate. While constantly claiming to be “fair” and “balanced”, it allows hysterical anchors like Glenn Beck to compare Obama to "Lucifer" and "Hitler". Bill O’Reilly, another anchor, has threatened to boycott Canada, and Anne Coulter says Canada is “lucky the US allows it to exist on the same continent.” The network has calculatingly spawned the tea party movement in the US, a mobilisation of the fringe right which threatens violence upon its opponents and wears guns to political rallies.
This is a fight for the soul of Canadian democracy. Our media is not perfect, but a ‘news’ network that slavishly serves a political agenda through mass manipulation and fear threatens the fabric of our democratic society.
The CRTC is part of our democracy -- it was made an independent commission precisely in order to protect against this kind of government manipulation of the media. Harper knows that he must bully his way through this institution in order to create "Fox News North". And there are dark rumours in Ottawa that if von Finckenstein will not leave his job, Harper will simply force him to give in. Konrad von Finckenstein is upholding the best tradition of Canadian democracy and civil service in the face of a full scale attack on that tradition. Let's show him, and Harper, that Canada stands with him.
"Fox News North" is Harper's long term strategy to make radical conservatism the political centre in Canada, tearing down the country we love to make us look like the U.S. Thankfully, Konrad von Finckenstein and the CRTC are standing in his way -- let's stand with them.
One man stands in the way of this nightmare -- the Chairman of Canada's Radio and Telecommunications Commission Konrad von Finckenstein. And now, Harper is trying to get him out of his job. Sign the petition below to send a wave of support to von Finckenstein and forward this campaign to everyone -- we'll publish full page ads in Canadian papers when we reach 100,000:
To CRTC Chair von Finckenstein and PM Harper:
As concerned Canadians who deeply oppose American-style hate media on our airwaves, we applaud the CRTC's refusal to allow a new "Fox News North" channel to be funded from our cable fees. We urge Mr. von Finckenstein to stay in his job and continue to stand up for Canada's democratic traditions, and call on Prime Minister Harper to immediately stop all pressure on the CRTC on this matter.
Harper hatched his scheme in a secret lunch last year with media-mogul Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News. Harper's top aide Kory Teneycke also came to the lunch, and then left the government to head up Suncor Newspapers and the new "Fox News North".
Fox News fuels hate. While constantly claiming to be “fair” and “balanced”, it allows hysterical anchors like Glenn Beck to compare Obama to "Lucifer" and "Hitler". Bill O’Reilly, another anchor, has threatened to boycott Canada, and Anne Coulter says Canada is “lucky the US allows it to exist on the same continent.” The network has calculatingly spawned the tea party movement in the US, a mobilisation of the fringe right which threatens violence upon its opponents and wears guns to political rallies.
This is a fight for the soul of Canadian democracy. Our media is not perfect, but a ‘news’ network that slavishly serves a political agenda through mass manipulation and fear threatens the fabric of our democratic society.
The CRTC is part of our democracy -- it was made an independent commission precisely in order to protect against this kind of government manipulation of the media. Harper knows that he must bully his way through this institution in order to create "Fox News North". And there are dark rumours in Ottawa that if von Finckenstein will not leave his job, Harper will simply force him to give in. Konrad von Finckenstein is upholding the best tradition of Canadian democracy and civil service in the face of a full scale attack on that tradition. Let's show him, and Harper, that Canada stands with him.
"Fox News North" is Harper's long term strategy to make radical conservatism the political centre in Canada, tearing down the country we love to make us look like the U.S. Thankfully, Konrad von Finckenstein and the CRTC are standing in his way -- let's stand with them.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto Facebook Fan page.
.Founded:June 27, 2010.Detailed Info
.Website:http://www.torontog20inquiry.com/
Company Overview:This group is for respectful discussion only. We are looking for the facts by calling for a public inquiry. Without the facts blame is premature.
Please refrain from defaming or threatening any group or person. We are simply here to request an inquiry, mobilize support and inform each other of our opinions and experiences.
If you read a post that violates the code of conduct expressed on facebook please use the Flag option.
A public inquiry is an official review, ordered by government, of important public events or issues. Its purpose is to establish the facts and causes of an event or issue, and then to make recommendations to the government. All levels of government (federal, provincial, and territorial) have the power to call public inquiries.
Several issues have been raised this weekend: Consultation with the City of Toronto and it's citizens, Security build up, the Fence, the treatment of Toronto's homeless, mass damage, no relief fund for shop owners, innocent people and journalists detained, detainee conditions and much more.
This is something that police say we have "never faced in Canada." We agree! Let's learn from this weekend instead of trying to ignore it.
To every story there are many sides, and then there is the truth. Lets get as close to the truth as we can so that protesters, police and politicians a like can answer to the weekends events. (read less)
This group is for respectful discussion only. We are looking for the facts by calling for a public inquiry. Without the facts blame is premature.
Please refrain from defaming or threatening any group or person. We are simply here to request an inquiry, mobilize support and inform each other of our opinions and experiences.
If you read a post that violates the code of conduct expressed on facebook please use the Flag option.
A public inquiry is an official review, ordered by government, of... (read more)Mission:Please Visit Amnesty International's G20 Appeal Page TODAY! A must read for everyone!
Independent Review of G20 Security Measures Urgently Needed: An Appeal to the Government of Canada
http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=449&type=Internal
Please visit take a moment to visit these sites that have come to our attention:
The CCLA's site to share your story with them.
http://ccla.org/2010/06/29/resources-for-g20-related-complaints/
This website was created by Klippensteins, a law firm based in Toronto, as a public service.
http://www.g20inquiry.org/
Submit Your Story
G20 Stories
http://www.g20stories.wordpress.com/
This web site is collecting all testimonies, photos and video for the purpose of bringing those who broke the law to justice.
http://www.g20justice.com/
Were you a part of the mass arrests, or did you witness the mass arrests? This law firm is looking to initiate a civil law suit.
http://www.g20defence.ca/
Use this web page to easily and simply send an email to all levels of government at one time. Tell them why you feel it is necessary to call a public inquiry into the G20.
http://tinyurl.com/g20rights
Sign the CCLA petition calling for a public inquiry
Send your name and email to g20petition@ccla.org
Comprehensive G20 related media list
http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts#!/note.php?note_id=411968691305&id=864815696&ref=mf
Join the French Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=109381149111679&ref=mfFacebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry.
.Website:http://www.torontog20inquiry.com/
Company Overview:This group is for respectful discussion only. We are looking for the facts by calling for a public inquiry. Without the facts blame is premature.
Please refrain from defaming or threatening any group or person. We are simply here to request an inquiry, mobilize support and inform each other of our opinions and experiences.
If you read a post that violates the code of conduct expressed on facebook please use the Flag option.
A public inquiry is an official review, ordered by government, of important public events or issues. Its purpose is to establish the facts and causes of an event or issue, and then to make recommendations to the government. All levels of government (federal, provincial, and territorial) have the power to call public inquiries.
Several issues have been raised this weekend: Consultation with the City of Toronto and it's citizens, Security build up, the Fence, the treatment of Toronto's homeless, mass damage, no relief fund for shop owners, innocent people and journalists detained, detainee conditions and much more.
This is something that police say we have "never faced in Canada." We agree! Let's learn from this weekend instead of trying to ignore it.
To every story there are many sides, and then there is the truth. Lets get as close to the truth as we can so that protesters, police and politicians a like can answer to the weekends events. (read less)
This group is for respectful discussion only. We are looking for the facts by calling for a public inquiry. Without the facts blame is premature.
Please refrain from defaming or threatening any group or person. We are simply here to request an inquiry, mobilize support and inform each other of our opinions and experiences.
If you read a post that violates the code of conduct expressed on facebook please use the Flag option.
A public inquiry is an official review, ordered by government, of... (read more)Mission:Please Visit Amnesty International's G20 Appeal Page TODAY! A must read for everyone!
Independent Review of G20 Security Measures Urgently Needed: An Appeal to the Government of Canada
http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=449&type=Internal
Please visit take a moment to visit these sites that have come to our attention:
The CCLA's site to share your story with them.
http://ccla.org/2010/06/29/resources-for-g20-related-complaints/
This website was created by Klippensteins, a law firm based in Toronto, as a public service.
http://www.g20inquiry.org/
Submit Your Story
G20 Stories
http://www.g20stories.wordpress.com/
This web site is collecting all testimonies, photos and video for the purpose of bringing those who broke the law to justice.
http://www.g20justice.com/
Were you a part of the mass arrests, or did you witness the mass arrests? This law firm is looking to initiate a civil law suit.
http://www.g20defence.ca/
Use this web page to easily and simply send an email to all levels of government at one time. Tell them why you feel it is necessary to call a public inquiry into the G20.
http://tinyurl.com/g20rights
Sign the CCLA petition calling for a public inquiry
Send your name and email to g20petition@ccla.org
Comprehensive G20 related media list
http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts#!/note.php?note_id=411968691305&id=864815696&ref=mf
Join the French Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=109381149111679&ref=mfFacebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/g20inquiry.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Edmonton Clinic nice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmonton Clinic
The Edmonton Clinic, formerly known as the Health Sciences Ambulatory Learning Centre (HSALC), will be a interdisciplinaryhealth science facility located on the University of Alberta main campus, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The estimated cost for the 170,000 square metre facility is C$909 million. The Edmonton Clinic North is slated for completion in 2011, and the Edmonton Clinic South is slated for completion in 2012[1]. The joint venture between the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services is funded by the Province of Alberta.[2]
The Edmonton Clinic North will house the following university groups: Alberta Center on Aging, Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, Center for Health Promotion Studies, Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Dean's Office, Faculty of Nursing, Rehab Robotics Lab, Health Sciences Council, Health Sciences Education and Research Commons, John Dosseter Health Ethics Center, Nutrition and Food Sciences Program (ALES), School of Public Health, Teaching Facilities, and Postgraduate Medical Education. [3] Family medicine, diabetes, orthopedics, neurosciences, rehabilitation and dentistry clinics at the University of Alberta will be relocated to the new facility upon completion. It will surround the new Health Sciences LRT station, and oppose the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre on 114 Street. The facility will be housed in two separate buildings, with the north building focused on research and teaching, and the south building specializing in clinical aspects.
[edit] External links
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
The Edmonton Clinic Official Website
[edit] Notes
1.^ Health Sciences Council - University of Alberta
2.^ Edmonton Clinic to enhance teaching capability - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
3.^ Edmonton Clinic North Sequence A Occupants
[hide]v • d • e
The Edmonton Clinic, formerly known as the Health Sciences Ambulatory Learning Centre (HSALC), will be a interdisciplinaryhealth science facility located on the University of Alberta main campus, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The estimated cost for the 170,000 square metre facility is C$909 million. The Edmonton Clinic North is slated for completion in 2011, and the Edmonton Clinic South is slated for completion in 2012[1]. The joint venture between the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services is funded by the Province of Alberta.[2]
The Edmonton Clinic North will house the following university groups: Alberta Center on Aging, Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, Center for Health Promotion Studies, Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Dean's Office, Faculty of Nursing, Rehab Robotics Lab, Health Sciences Council, Health Sciences Education and Research Commons, John Dosseter Health Ethics Center, Nutrition and Food Sciences Program (ALES), School of Public Health, Teaching Facilities, and Postgraduate Medical Education. [3] Family medicine, diabetes, orthopedics, neurosciences, rehabilitation and dentistry clinics at the University of Alberta will be relocated to the new facility upon completion. It will surround the new Health Sciences LRT station, and oppose the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre on 114 Street. The facility will be housed in two separate buildings, with the north building focused on research and teaching, and the south building specializing in clinical aspects.
[edit] External links
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
The Edmonton Clinic Official Website
[edit] Notes
1.^ Health Sciences Council - University of Alberta
2.^ Edmonton Clinic to enhance teaching capability - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
3.^ Edmonton Clinic North Sequence A Occupants
[hide]v • d • e
Saturday, September 4, 2010
EKOS Extra Kady O'Malley
EKOS Extra: Who <3s you, mandatory long form census?
By Kady O'Malley According to one of the bonus rounds in the latest packet of EKOS-bot-sought public opinion, 56.3 percent of Canadians do -- or, at the very least, believe that shifting to a voluntary questionnaire will result in the loss of "vital information" -- while 26 percent view the now-at-least-temporarily-kiboshed mandatory long form "was an unnecessary violation of privacy," and 17.7 percent had no response.
What's particularly noteworthy, however, is that the numbers are remarkably consistent throughout the country, as well as every other way that EKOS sliced 'n' diced it in the crosstabs, whether by region, age and gender, or even political leaning. Yes, just 33.2 percent of Conservatives sided with the government on privacy concerns, while 48.9 percent agree with those who say the post-long-form census will no longer be "truly representative."
Obligatory methodological details: the poll was done over two weeks -- from August 18-31 -- which works out to a margin of error of 1.64. Now, I know what some of you are thinking right this minute: "But Kady, you pointedly ignore the first week of EKOS results when it comes to party preferences, so why on earth would you give this roll-up -- with its two week old data -- any credence at all? Isn't that wildly inconsistent?" Which is a fair question, really, but the thing is, when it comes to questions on issues -- rather than if-there-was-an-election-today fantasy ballot box polls, that is -- I'm a little less stringent about ensuring fresh data, provided that there are no major developments while the bots were in the field that could moot the earlier results. Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Anyway, since the results for that particular question were buried at the very end of the data package, tucked behind the leader approval numbers -- which, if can I be totally, if tangentially, honest for a moment, I find absolutely eye-rollingly tedious, but more importantly, largely unrelated or relatable to overall party preference, which is why I generally just skim the topline numbers to see if anything really wacky jumps out -- I've extracted and Scribdified the three relevant pages. Share and enjoy!
Ekos Census Poll
By Kady O'Malley According to one of the bonus rounds in the latest packet of EKOS-bot-sought public opinion, 56.3 percent of Canadians do -- or, at the very least, believe that shifting to a voluntary questionnaire will result in the loss of "vital information" -- while 26 percent view the now-at-least-temporarily-kiboshed mandatory long form "was an unnecessary violation of privacy," and 17.7 percent had no response.
What's particularly noteworthy, however, is that the numbers are remarkably consistent throughout the country, as well as every other way that EKOS sliced 'n' diced it in the crosstabs, whether by region, age and gender, or even political leaning. Yes, just 33.2 percent of Conservatives sided with the government on privacy concerns, while 48.9 percent agree with those who say the post-long-form census will no longer be "truly representative."
Obligatory methodological details: the poll was done over two weeks -- from August 18-31 -- which works out to a margin of error of 1.64. Now, I know what some of you are thinking right this minute: "But Kady, you pointedly ignore the first week of EKOS results when it comes to party preferences, so why on earth would you give this roll-up -- with its two week old data -- any credence at all? Isn't that wildly inconsistent?" Which is a fair question, really, but the thing is, when it comes to questions on issues -- rather than if-there-was-an-election-today fantasy ballot box polls, that is -- I'm a little less stringent about ensuring fresh data, provided that there are no major developments while the bots were in the field that could moot the earlier results. Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Anyway, since the results for that particular question were buried at the very end of the data package, tucked behind the leader approval numbers -- which, if can I be totally, if tangentially, honest for a moment, I find absolutely eye-rollingly tedious, but more importantly, largely unrelated or relatable to overall party preference, which is why I generally just skim the topline numbers to see if anything really wacky jumps out -- I've extracted and Scribdified the three relevant pages. Share and enjoy!
Ekos Census Poll
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