Julia Allin

Poll Position

Poll Position

Freelance reporter Harvey Schachter has a better way to give pollsters' numbers credibility (19 times out of 20)

November 26, four days before the 1998 Quebec election: A smug Jacques Parizeau, arms folded across his ample girth, looks out from the front page of the Ottawa Citizen under the headline “Parizeau: Take the ‘Booty’ and Run.” Under the photo caption is the first half of the story titled “Separatists Poised for Landslide.” It’s […]