Harry Shannon
Donald Trump has caused a huge kerfuffle by wondering if Canada might become the 51st US state. Canadians have rushed to proclaim Canada's sovereignty and declare that we will never join the US.
There's a simple reason why it won't happen and it's nothing to do with whether Canadians want it or not. Here's the letter I wrote in…
Tag: opinion polls
Failure to sample can be dangerous to your health
Harry Shannon
Background: Municipalities in Ontario held elections last week. A couple of days before, the Hamilton Spectator published a letter complaining that an opinion poll reporting on the race for Mayor was useless. I responded and the letter was in the print edition a few days later. Below is the letter I sent; there were some minor edi…
Are you a swinger?
Harry Shannon
I was listening to CBC radio this morning. A reporter was talking about the popularity of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and said that a year ago Ford’s approval rating was -49% [if I remember correctly]. Today, his rating is +39%. The reporter continued, saying that this represented an 88% swing.
This, of course, is wrong. To un…