Canada is in mourning for political icon and two-time York grad Jack Layton, who died early yesterday morning only three-and-a-half months after leading the federal New Democratic Party into official opposition. Layton (MA ’72, PhD ’83) was 61. It is a sad day, said two of his York professors, political scientists Jim Laxer and Daniel Drache. Neither were surprised […]
Elections Canada requires the publishers of public opinion surveys during elections to publish some facts about the methodology, so readers can gauge how reliable the poll is, wrote Global Television News online April 28: Anyone transmitting the results of a poll has to include the name of the sponsor and the company that did the […]
Is having an ordinary-guy, awshucks image really that important when it comes to an election race? wrote the Toronto Sun April 3: A York University political science prof says it’s hit or miss. “Populism is an overused term,” said Robert Drummond. “It means having ordinary people making decisions rather than experts – it’s appealing, but […]