Some CBC Vote Compass data

[Handsome Rob]

Interesting reading:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/21/cv-election-votecompass-issues.html

What we've seen

Take immigration, for example. Our Vote Compass data tells us that supporters of all five parties are generally comfortable with the status quo of Canada's current (and comparatively high) immigration numbers.

However, there's less support across the board for further accommodation of religious minorities, especially among respondents who intend to vote for the Conservatives or the Bloc.

And when asked whether speaking English or French should be a requirement for immigrating to Canada, the most popular response among supporters of all parties was "strongly agree."

Canada has a well-earned image as a country open to immigration, but responses to these last two questions suggest that under the surface is a strong feeling — among supporters of every party — that our immigration and multiculturalism policy should change.

We have also learned that the so-called two solitudes may continue to exist in Canada.

Across the entire range of issues, we find persistent differences in the political opinions of respondents from Quebec and the rest of Canada.

National unity may not be front and centre in this election, but the reality remains that Quebecers view the political world differently than Canadians outside of Quebec. This is no small matter, especially if questions of national unity and accommodation reappear on the national agenda.

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This is an issue that is getting scant attention. Nonetheless, it appears that Canadian political parties have some room to move to accommodate the views of Canadians of all political stripes.

Last sentence couldn't be closer to the truth.