Canadians Say: Mr. Martin "Show Us The Money . . ."

Toronto, ONTARIO - Prime Minister Chretien this week announced that all members of his Cabinet who have collected donations for future leadership campaigns must reveal their lists of donors within 30 days. However, the best known contender, former Finance Minister Paul Martin, is not bound by this requirement as he is no longer in the cabinet. A new Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll released this evening, however, indicates that seven in ten (68%) Canadians believe that Mr. Martin should follow the same rules set out for cabinet ministers and reveal the names of those who have donated to his unofficial leadership campaign. One in three (28%) do not feel that Mr. Martin should have to reveal his list of donors.

Among decided Liberal voters, 69% agree that Mr. Martin should disclose the names of those who have donated to his leadership campaign, with 41% indicating strong agreement.

These are the findings of an Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll conducted between June 11th and June 13th, 2002. The poll is based on a randomly selected sample of 1,000 adult Canadians. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within 177 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult Canadian population been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were statistically weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to the 1996 Census data.

As announced this week by Prime Minister Chretien, all members of his Cabinet who have collected donations for future leadership campaigns must produce a list of the names of those who have donated to these leadership war chests within 30 days. The best known probable contender, former Finance Minister Paul Martin, is not bound by this new requirement since he is no longer a member of the cabinet.

Seven in ten (68%) Canadians, however, agree that although not bound by the new requirement, Mr. Martin should follow the same rules that his former cabinet colleagues are bound to, that is to produce the names of donors to leadership campaign funds. In fact, a plurality (42%) strongly agree with this proposal. Three in ten (28%) disagree with this view.

Among decided voters, supporters of the Bloc Quebecois (80% - 52% strongly agree) and other smaller parties (77% - 42% strongly agree) are the most likely to indicate that Mr. Martin should reveal his donor list. Overall agreement with this view is consistent across decided supporters of the remaining major parties - Liberals (69%), Progressive Conservatives (69%), NDP (69%), and the Canadian Alliance (67%), however, the intensity is slightly different - NDP (strongly agree 50%), Canadian Alliance (strongly agree 45%), Liberal (strongly agree 41%), Progressive Conservative (38%).

With few exceptions, agreement is also consistent across regions and demographic groups.

• Regionally, support for the disclosure of Mr. Martin donors is relatively consistent across the country, with agreement slightly higher among residents of Quebec (73%), followed by Alberta (70%), British Columbia (68%), Saskatchewan/Manitoba (66%), Ontario (66%), and Atlantic Canada (65%).
• Younger (71%) and older (70%) Canadians are slightly more likely to agree with this view than their middle aged (65%) counterparts.
• Canadians in middle (73%) and lower (70%) income households are more likely to express agreement with this view than those in upper (64%) income households.
• Women (70%) and men (67%) are equally as likely to express agreement that Mr. Martin should reveal the names of those who have donated to his leadership fund.

To view the complete release and tables, please open the attached PDF files.

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For more information on this news release, please contact:

John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs
(416) 324-2900