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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: Most readers would make the notwithstanding clause harder to use

Poll: Most readers would make the notwithstanding clause harder to use

Just over half of readers surveyed in an online poll this week said that the notwithstanding clause should be harder to use than it is now, but not taken out of the Constitution entirely
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Poll: Most wouldn't pay for a national-scale H5N1 vaccination

Poll: Most wouldn't pay for a national-scale H5N1 vaccination

Should the feds write a big cheque and order enough H5N1 vaccine for the whole country, and get the production lines moving now? In an online poll this week and last, most of you said no
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Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader

Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader

The federal Liberals have the potential to gain votes from the Greens and NDP, and firm up their own support, if Justin Trudeau resigned and the party had a new leader going into the next election, an online poll showed this week
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Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

Some 80 per cent of readers agreed with the statement 'Home ownership in Canada is becoming something only the rich can afford' in an online poll this week
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Poll: Trudeau, unlike Poilievre, lacks strong support

Poll: Trudeau, unlike Poilievre, lacks strong support

Federal party leaders Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre both have strong groups who dislike them, but only Poilievre also has strong support
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More than 14 years in, is province's tobacco suit going anywhere?

More than 14 years in, is province's tobacco suit going anywhere?

Ontario is seeking $330 billion to cover the cost of tobacco-related health care in the past, and anticipated in the future
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Poll: Three-quarters are wary about digital privacy

Poll: Three-quarters are wary about digital privacy

Our electronic devices are convenient and at this point nearly universal. But we have reason, as shown by a very long string of nasty surprises, to be wary about what information they're sharing about us and with whom
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POLL: Parents more tolerant of phone use in schools

POLL: Parents more tolerant of phone use in schools

How should schools address phone use? In an online poll this week, half thought phones should be totally banned from school, about half thought phone use was fine during breaks, and almost nobody thought it shouldn't be regulated at all
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Regulations make natural burial unaffordable in Ontario: advocates

Regulations make natural burial unaffordable in Ontario: advocates

Provincially mandated fees are stopping the growth of natural burial grounds in Ontario, advocates for the sector say
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Poll: Politics and much else divides cat people from dog people

Poll: Politics and much else divides cat people from dog people

Over the last week or so, an online poll asked about your pets: are you dog people, cat people, some-other-animal people, or people who don't want pets
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