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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: The young and men are much more open to Pierre Poilievre

Poll: The young and men are much more open to Pierre Poilievre

Roughly equal numbers of readers have positive or negative views of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in an online poll this month. The details are revealing
Provincewide, home prices stop falling

Provincewide, home prices stop falling

Ontario home prices stabilized in February, ending a five-month fall that began last summer, figures released by the Canadian Real Estate Association Monday show. 
Poll: Smokers seem more open to risks in other contexts

Poll: Smokers seem more open to risks in other contexts

People under 40 are more likely to never have smoked
POLL: Most oppose expanding drug legalization to mushrooms, MDMA

POLL: Most oppose expanding drug legalization to mushrooms, MDMA

Should psilocybin mushrooms and other drugs like ecstasy, or MDMA, be legalized and sold in controlled markets, as cannabis has since 2018? By a large margin, you said no
Poll: Working from home shows revealing divisions

Poll: Working from home shows revealing divisions

The pandemic showed that many jobs can be done by people working at home — but should they be? Most readers think not, but a closer look shows revealing divisions
Poll: Unpacking who supports — or opposes — the monarchy

Poll: Unpacking who supports — or opposes — the monarchy

What clusters of views go with support for the monarchy, or a republic? (Party support doesn't break out in the way you might expect.)
Poll: Should hockey violence lead to charges more often? Readers are split

Poll: Should hockey violence lead to charges more often? Readers are split

Hockey, or at least the North American men's version of it, can be something of a blood sport; how you feel about that depends on your perspective. When does on-ice violence become something that should be responded to with criminal charges? 
Poll: Most would be very unhappy if Trump was re-elected

Poll: Most would be very unhappy if Trump was re-elected

Nearly three-quarters of Village Media readers say they'd be very unhappy if Donald Trump became the next president of the United States. As always, the details are revealing
Poll: More men than women have positive memories of phys. ed.

Poll: More men than women have positive memories of phys. ed.

Whether it's something you looked forward to or dreaded at the time, whether memories of it send you in adult life to a soccer field or a therapist, everybody seems to have an opinion about physical education class
Poll shows sharp divisions over Emergencies Act

Poll shows sharp divisions over Emergencies Act

In an online poll this week, most of you said that the use of the Emergencies Act had been justified, but a close look at the data shows some very sharp and revealing divisions on the issue
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