Watch on CTV Barry Morishita & John Santos on Alberta Primetime Nov. 6, 2025.

Read on Calgary Herald The CBC commissioned a poll by the well-regarded Janet Brown a few months back. The premier was more popular than she had ever been.

Watch on CTV Former Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman and political analyst John Santos talk about the threat from unions of a general strike, Naheed Nenshi taking his seat in the legislature, and the UCP's slumping poll numbers in the Alberta Primetime Politics Panel.

Listen on Daveberta - Alberta Politics A few weeks ago I joined my friend and former Daveberta Podcast co-host Ryan Hastman on his new podcast, the Alberta Edge, for a discussion about Alberta politics along with respected pollster Janet Brown. I’m happy to share that episode of Alberta Edge with Daveberta subscribers today. Be sure to visit TheHub.ca and subscribe to Ryan’s podcasts.

Listen on The Hub Alberta isn’t always the “true blue” province some might think. Independent pollster Janet Brown and political commentator Dave Cournoyer join  Alberta Edge  host Ryan Hastman to dissect the province’s political DNA—from the cowboy archetype to Alberta’s unique brand of tax aversion. Together, they explore how decades of royalty windfalls have allowed governments to sidestep tough political choices, and why years of rapid in-migration haven’t dramatically ch

Read on CBC Calgary-based pollster Janet Brown said she viewed Sharp's ask as reasonable. "I think everybody spent the last couple of days poring over the policy and the legislation to see what it means," Brown said.  "I do think it's so close. The spirit of the law is that in a close election, you do a recount to make sure no mistakes were made."

Read on CBC John Santos, a data scientist with Janet Brown Opinion Research, said it makes sense to count all of the votes, even if there's a low chance of the overall result changing. "We can sit here and we can conduct these thought experiments and counterfactuals, but at the end of the day, democracy is decided based on a number of votes," he said.  "We need to know those votes and the public needs to know that they were counted properly and accurately in order to maintain

Read on Calgary Herald John Santos, a data scientist with Janet Brown Opinion Research, said the parties are too new for an impact similar to what is normally seen at the provincial or federal level. “We can have intellectual debates about what New Democrat, and Conservative, and Liberal mean, but at least people have an idea about what they mean,” Santos said. “The names of the municipal parties are effectively meaningless.” Lucas said that he believes that made voters rever

Watch on CTV Pollster and political commentator Janet Brown said the delays Albertans experienced voting is bad for democracy. “There was low voter turnout in this election. There was low interest, and I think all of these delays are going to add to the cynicism and are going to discourage people from voting in the future,” Brown told CTV News Edmonton.