Come for the public opinion research, stay for the bird photos. Executive Director of the Environics Institute for Survey Research.
More to discover at https://www.environicsinstitute.org/ and https://substack.com/@cdnsurveystuf
Andrew Parkin
"Five years of flat resentment index scores among these UCP supporters — despite changes to carbon pricing, renewed pipeline planning and intergovernmental agreements — suggests that the grievance is not transactional."
policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/albe...
If you're looking for a more complete picture of the dynamics fuelling the pushes for independence among some in Alberta and Quebec, here's the article you need (from me and @cbreton.bsky.social).
policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/albe...
Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in our country today?
open.substack.com/pub/cdnsurve...
New survey data suggests Alberta separatism is concentrated among UCP voters, not broadly shared across the province.
In the article we show how UCP voters and the rest of Alberta (so excluding UCP voters) have evolved on the index over the last five years (hint: they've become more different). So you'll find that "rest of Alberta" distribution in figure 3!
