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Pollara

PCO/Pollara syndicated-study contracts CW2368662 and CW2385511 are limited-tender1. PCO has a contract with Pollara.

6 SOURCES · 8 DOCUMENTED FACTS · 5 DISPUTED · OPENED 2026-07-22 · UPDATED 2026-07-23
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PCO/Pollara syndicated-study contracts CW2368662 and CW2385511 are limited-tender

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“CW2368662, CW2385511, both limited-tender”
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PCO has a contract with Pollara

Pollara's PCO relationship runs through PSPC syndicated-study contracts

No specific mention of Pollara/PCO 2025–26 communications-research line item

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“24th Annual POR Report”
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No 2024–26 Pollara/PCO deposit returned in searches

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“LAC POR deposit”
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Pollara's 2024–25 federal contract value is $106,881

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“Pollara's 2024–25 federal contract value is low ($106,881, one project)”
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Pollara has a Substack page

Pollara polls for both public release and private partisan clients.

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“Where Pollara polls for both public release and private partisan clients”
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Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →

These are things people say about Pollara that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"the single most damaging fact for pollster independence is not who pays for the polls — it is who runs them"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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Disputed
"Arnold's role at Pollara is partisan-flavored"
Asserted by Dan Arnold · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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"The Trudeau-era PMO Director of Research & Advertising returned to Pollara"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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Disputed
"The same person who spent six years running federal POR for 'Canada's largest marketer — the Government of Canada' went directly back to a polling firm that publishes media polls describing Canadian politics, and simultaneously runs a partisan polling firm for the same political party that just employed him."
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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Disputed
"political polling for these firms is marketing"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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2022
2022-01
Arnold's role at Pollara announced
January 2022
Dan Arnold's appointment
2025
March 2025
contract award
late 2025
Pollara Substack launched
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