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Patrick Cain

Patrick Cain

Patrick is an online writer and editor in Toronto, focused mostly on data, FOI, maps and visualizations. He has won some awards, been a beat reporter covering digital privacy and cannabis, and started an FOI case that ended in the Supreme Court

Recent Work by Patrick

POLL: 80% say Carney was right to pick Europe for first foreign visit

POLL: 80% say Carney was right to pick Europe for first foreign visit

Brand-new prime minister Mark Carney had barely been sworn in before he left for his first foreign trip, to Paris and London. Was that the right decision? 80% of you say it was
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Ontario home prices mark 16th month of stability

Ontario home prices mark 16th month of stability

Single-family home prices in Ontario have been stable since November of 2023, statistics released Monday by the Canadian Real Estate Association show.
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POLL: Somewhat more readers trust Carney than Poilievre to deal with Trump

POLL: Somewhat more readers trust Carney than Poilievre to deal with Trump

Readers were more likely to trust Mark Carney to deal with Donald Trump than Pierre Poilievre. And in the context of threats about Canada becoming the 51st state, almost none of you expected to see it happen
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POLL: 84% of readers say they're avoiding U.S. goods

POLL: 84% of readers say they're avoiding U.S. goods

Since Donald Trump's threats to annex Canada and impose tariffs on us began in January, many Canadians have at least tried to move toward boycotting U.S.-made goods. Some 84 per cent of readers say they are making the effort
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POLL: Is the U.S. Canada's ally? Readers show dramatic shift

POLL: Is the U.S. Canada's ally? Readers show dramatic shift

Online polls this week showed a very rapid and extreme shift in whether readers saw the United States as Canada's ally. Also, as a bonus poll, we asked you how you'd feel if the King weighed in.
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Avian flu: Why a cold winter is leading to more H5N1 cases among birds

Avian flu: Why a cold winter is leading to more H5N1 cases among birds

Last year, a 13-year-old in British Columbia contracted Canada’s first known human case of avian flu after testing positive for the virus
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Provincewide, January real estate prices show a year of stability

Provincewide, January real estate prices show a year of stability

Ontario real estate prices marked a year of stability in January, figures released Tuesday by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show.
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POLL: Readers evenly split on Canada joining the EU

POLL: Readers evenly split on Canada joining the EU

Is membership in the European Union the game-changer Canada needs? Readers were more or less evenly split in an online poll this week
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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals

POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals

Reader polls show shifts benefiting the federal Liberals at the expense of mainly the NDP and Greens
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POLL : Under a third of readers want an early Ontario election

POLL: Under a third of readers want an early Ontario election

Premier Doug Ford seems to be heading the province to an early election. But a minority of readers — including PCs — seem to want one
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