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Canadians have grown increasingly dissatisfied with all politicians, with nearly two-thirds saying they have little or no confidence in their political leaders, according to an Environics poll commissioned by the CBC. Thirty-six per cent expressed little confidence in their leaders, compared to 34 per cent from a similar survey in 2004. But 29 per cent had….

How Canadians die is more important to them than where it happens, a new study suggests. Researchers interviewed 434 seriously ill patients at hospitals in five Canadian cities. Patients said the main priority in their final days was trust and confidence in the doctors looking after them…

This week’s Senate stalemate on immigration sent a sobering message: Distrust between Republicans and Democrats has reached a level that can derail agreements, even when leaders in both parties publicly endorse the same policies. Almost all the negotiators on the issue agreed that a clear majority of senators — as many as two-thirds — were prepared to vote for compromise legislation that would…

Global opinion leaders’ trust in established institutions (business, government, media) and figures of authority (CEOs, heads of state) is being supplanted by a personal web of trust that includes “colleagues,” “friends and family,” “a person like yourself” as well as independent experts such as doctors and academics, according to the sixth annual Edelman Trust Barometer, a survey of…