Are Canadians actually obsessed with socialism? Not so fast
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Are Canadians actually obsessed with socialism? Not so fast
COMMENTARY
24 JULY 2026
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This week’s Abacus Data survey on how Canadians view different economic and political systems will be read by many as a story about the rise of socialism. But that reading gets the poll backwards. The more interesting story is what Canadians actually mean when they say the economy is failing them. The evidence suggests they want fairness rather than equality, and that distinction points to a quite different politics than the socialist revival narrative implies.
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