Are there "third rail" issues in Canadian politics?

A look at a new Abacus Data poll that explores some ideas that are non-starters and big winners with voters.

In Canadian politics, certain policy issues act as "third rails"—topics so charged that even touching them can have severe political consequences. To better understand these dynamics, we recently conducted a national survey asking Canadians how a range of policy ideas would influence their voting decisions. The goal was to identify which policies are li…