Pollara is a Canadian

Canada

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 public opinion and research company. Founded as Insight Canada Research in the early 1980s by current owner and chairman, Michael Marzolini, the company name was changed in 1997 to Pollara.

Pollara was the pollster to the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in its majority government

Majority government

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winning election campaigns in 1993, 1997 and 2000. It remains the party's official polling firm in 2010.