Hello,

The holiday season is starting and ManitobaWatch will have an initiative to help local charities in Manitoba.

Members of this panel suggested charities to be added to our site and we have included two of your suggestions so far – Manitoba Mutts Dog Rescue and Siloam Mission (other charities suggested are still being contacted).

Insightrix Research, the company that operates and manages ManitobaWatch, will build a charity donation pool for an entire month, starting December 5, 2014. On January 5, 2015 the final amount accumulated will be shared between the two selected ManitobaWatch charities.

We will tie this initiative to panel referrals and new panel membership.

Here is how it’s going to work and how you can help:

From December 5th 2014 to January 5th 2015:

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*Note that people you refer to ManitobaWatch need to register using your unique referral link, or the system will not recognize it as a referral from your account.

Please refer to the ‘View Charities’ link to view the selected charities and review their home page.

We wish you all a great holiday season!

A new telephone poll conducted by Insightrix Research in partnership with CJOB Radio and Global TV shows Judy Wasylycia-Leis currently leads the mayoralty race in Winnipeg.

Fully 38% of decided voters say they would cast their ballot for Judy Wasylycia-Leis, well ahead of Brian Bowman (24%) and Gord Steeves (20%). The remaining mayoralty candidates each earn voter intention percentages in the single digits. Support for Judy Wasylycia-Leis is higher among females and those over the age of 35, while Brian Bowman tends to have greater support among males. However, most telling is that 34% of Winnipeg residents who say they plan to vote in the upcoming civic election are uncertain as to who they will vote for. With this level of undecided voters, results on election day could vary significantly from this relatively early poll in the election campaign, creating a potential three-way race among the front-runners.

The poll also asked Winnipeg residents what they believe is the number one issue facing the city. Resoundingly, addressing infrastructure issues is noted by one half of the city’s residents (49%). Crime and policing, the second most frequently mentioned key issue, are noted by only 8% of residents.

Turning to education, roughly equal proportions believe that Winnipeg residents spend too much in school taxes (37%) or about the right amount (38%). Fully 8% feel residents pay too little in school taxes and 17% are uncertain. When presented with four different issues facing Winnipeg schools, approximately equal proportions of residents believe that the most important items to address are proper focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic (34%) and teachers advancing students to the next grade even though they may not be ready to do so (28%). A total of 14% believe bullying is the most important issue facing schools, while 11% say it is teachers spending too much time with problem kids at the expense of the rest of the class. Another 13% are uncertain.

Research Details
A total of 799 randomly selected Winnipeg residents participated in the telephone research study between August 20th and September 4th, 2014. The margin of error is equal to +/-3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

According to a telephone poll conducted by Insightrix for CJOB News and Global News, the majority of Manitoba residents believe that marihuana should either be legalized and taxed or decriminalized. The poll surveyed 800 Manitobans and only 40% of respondents say that the current marihuana laws should remain.

For more detail on the survey, go to http://www.cjob.com/2014/03/03/26937/

A recent poll conducted by Insightrix Research in collaboration with CJOB News/Global News shows that support for Stephen Harper and the federal Conservative Party is high in Manitoba. However, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals are gaining ground, particularly in Winnipeg. The poll found that 44% of Manitobans support the Conservatives, while support for the Liberals sits at 34%, the NDP at 16%, and the Green Party at 5%.

While the Conservatives lead support in the province, Trudeau and the Liberals have the most support in Winnipeg with 42% of voters saying they would vote for the Liberal Party. The Conservatives stand at 32% in the city, and the NDP have 20% of voters’ support.

For more detail on the poll and a detailed graph, please visit http://www.cjob.com/2014/02/11/poll-federal-liberals-draw-big-support-in-manitoba/

In collaboration with 680 CJOB News and Global News, Insightrix recently conducted a poll with Winnipeg residents and asked who they would vote for if a mayoral election were held that day. The poll found that 42% of decided voters would support Judy Wasylycia-Leis, 17% would support Gord Steeves, and 12% would support current mayor Sam Katz. Behind the top three are City Councillors Paula Havixbeck (9%), Scott Fielding (6%), and John Orlikow (6%), and Winnipeg lawyer Brian Bowman (6%). In the poll, 59% of respondents stated that they would vote for a mayor who is not currently on City Council.

Respondents were asked about trust in city hall to manage the city effectively: in total, 67% of respondents expressed very low (27%) or somewhat low (40%) trust. Turning to the Mayor, 35% of respondents strongly disapprove of his performance and 27% somewhat disapprove. Winnipeg residents also provided their views on Mayor Katz’s leadership and 32% believe that he is taking Winnipeg on the right track, while 52% believe that he is guiding the city in the wrong direction.

To learn more about the poll results and details on levels of satisfaction with city services, please go to http://www.cjob.com/2014/02/10/24208/.