Public Affairs Research

What does the public think and feel about the issues of the day?

Every week, INNOVATIVE researchers explore basic public opinion questions:

What are the key issues the public is talking about?
How are they reacting to breaking issues?
What are the public’s expectations of government?

INNOVATIVE consultants come both from the practical world of campaigns and issues management and the academic world of political science. Combining our experience managing campaigns and issues across Canada with latest insights from the academic world gives us an edge. That’s how we help our clients understand what the public really thinks about an issue, and how they are likely to react when new information is presented, or passions are inflamed.

Latest Articles on Public Affairs & Opinion Research:

May 27, 2013

Skeptcism on revenue tools

Spacing As for the revenue tools themselves, the poll — conducted earlier this month by Innovative Research Group* — revealed that residents were most likely to […]

May 22, 2013

Why the NDP lost and the polls were wrong

Times Colonist In Alberta last year, all the public polls had Danielle Smith and the Wild Rose cruising to a majority. On election night, one columnist […]

May 21, 2013

Pundits post-mortem election

North Shore News Greg Lyle, a political strategist, Liberal supporter and pollster for Innovative Research, said several factors likely contributed to the polls being wrong. A […]

May 17, 2013

Behind BC’s Pollster Fail

The Tyee Greg Lyle has seen a lot of election campaigns — and campaign polls — as a pollster and a political organizer. He says there’s […]

May 15, 2013

Pollsters data showed narrowing NDP lead, but failed to predict Liberal victory

Vancouver Sun “I think that answer really is the story of tonight,” Lyle said late Tuesday. “It’s not that they forgave the Liberals for everything, it’s […]

May 15, 2013

Ontario NDP is losing support amid budget talks, new polls suggest

The Globe and Mail A new survey provided to The Globe and Mail by Innovative Research Group, conducted in the week after the budget was tabled […]

May 15, 2013

For Pollsters, an Alberta-sized Mess

The Tyee Pollster Greg Lyle, managing director of the Innovative Research Group, said online polling — used by Ipsos and Angus Reid, B.C.’s two best-known pollsters […]

May 15, 2013

Voter turnout a concern

North Shore News Older people are more likely to see voting as a duty, while younger people see it as a choice, said Greg Lyle, a […]

Latest Articles on Public Affairs & Opinion Research:

May 27, 2013

Skeptcism on revenue tools

Spacing As for the revenue tools themselves, the poll — conducted earlier this month by Innovative Research Group* — revealed that residents were most likely to […]

May 22, 2013

Why the NDP lost and the polls were wrong

Times Colonist In Alberta last year, all the public polls had Danielle Smith and the Wild Rose cruising to a majority. On election night, one columnist […]

May 21, 2013

Pundits post-mortem election

North Shore News Greg Lyle, a political strategist, Liberal supporter and pollster for Innovative Research, said several factors likely contributed to the polls being wrong. A […]

May 17, 2013

Behind BC’s Pollster Fail

The Tyee Greg Lyle has seen a lot of election campaigns — and campaign polls — as a pollster and a political organizer. He says there’s […]

May 15, 2013

Pollsters data showed narrowing NDP lead, but failed to predict Liberal victory

Vancouver Sun “I think that answer really is the story of tonight,” Lyle said late Tuesday. “It’s not that they forgave the Liberals for everything, it’s […]

May 15, 2013

Ontario NDP is losing support amid budget talks, new polls suggest

The Globe and Mail A new survey provided to The Globe and Mail by Innovative Research Group, conducted in the week after the budget was tabled […]

May 15, 2013

For Pollsters, an Alberta-sized Mess

The Tyee Pollster Greg Lyle, managing director of the Innovative Research Group, said online polling — used by Ipsos and Angus Reid, B.C.’s two best-known pollsters […]

May 15, 2013

Voter turnout a concern

North Shore News Older people are more likely to see voting as a duty, while younger people see it as a choice, said Greg Lyle, a […]