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Voters in the City of Vancouver have strongly supported all three capital borrowing plebiscite questions in the 2026 civic election, with preliminary results showing roughly four in five votes cast on each question were in favour. The results have provided the municipal government with the legal green light to borrow $790 million to help fund a portion of its $3.5-billion capital plan between 2027 and 2030, which covers new and improved community and recreational facilities, transportation infrastructure, and utilities.

National support for Alberta remaining is strong, while Albertans increasingly share the broader Canadian outlook on unity. A strong majority of Canadians outside of Alberta want to see Alberta remain in Canada, Only Quebeckers (69%) were less likely to say they wanted Alberta to remain, and this may be due to solidarity sentiment among separatists. Canadians across Canada were also overwhelmingly against their own province separating from Canada. Again, Quebec was the outlier, with 62% saying they would vote to stay in Canada, compared to 29% of Quebeckers who said they would vote to separate. The numbers suggest that Canadians are untied in both supporting Alberta remaining part of Canada, as well as their own province. Despite discussion over separation in both Alberta and Quebec, Canadians are more united than they were in 2019.  While 48% of Albertans say their province does not get its fair share from Confederation, that number has dropped from 65% in 2019 and 51% in January 2026.  Likewise, only 22% of Albertans now say their province would be better off if it separated from Canada, compared to 33% in 2019.

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Clear divide between Chow, Bradford voters over bike lanes and congestion, new polling showsNew poll reveals Toronto’s top transportation issuesBrad Bradford speaks with North York residents about affordabilityOlivia Chow pledges more jobs for youth in ScarboroughTorontonians who want to move the city forward need to ‘change the mayor,’ Bradford saysExclusive new poll highlights top Toronto transportation concerns

The battle over bike lanes in Toronto has emerged as a dividing line between Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford supporters leading into this month’s municipal election, exclusive polling shows. The revelation was made in a new Nanos Research survey conducted on behalf of CP24 and CTV News about traffic and transportation in Toronto ahead of the municipal election. Nanos Research surveyed 757 randomly selected Toronto residents between Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 and asked them what the “biggest transportation issue facing Toronto” is. It found that 46 per cent of respondents see traffic congestion as the city’s greatest inconvenience. That view was shared among Chow and Bradford supporters, as well as across respondents of every borough, gender, and age surveyed. Nanos poll graphic The second-biggest pain point when it comes to getting around Toronto was TTC reliability at 19 per cent. In Scarborough, roughly 23 per cent of respondents identified transit as an issue, the highest share of any borough.