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Canada at the Games: History in the Making

One half of Canadians (52%) believe the Vancouver Olympic Games are more a defining national moment than the 1972 Hockey Summit Series.
Three Quarters (74%) Believe the 2010 Olympic Games are Canada's Games, Not Vancouver's (22%) or British Columbia's (4%)

Majority (57%) of Canadians Say There's No Appropriate Age to Retire, One in Three (31%) Working Canadians Agree They'll Never Retire

One quarter (26%) Believes Being Old is a State of Mind and Not Related to Any Particular Age

Canada's Future Leaders Admit They're Not Good at Tax Planning, Looking for More Knowledge

Only One in Ten (8%) Young Professionals Say they're Great at Tax Planning, Eight in Ten (80%) Believe Learning about Tax-Saving Strategies is Important

British Columbians Give Opening Ceremony a Gold Medal

Majority of viewers felt proud to be Canadian (90%) and enjoyed the event overall (88%)
Olympic Excitement in Host Province Rises (78% very/somewhat `excited' compared to a week
ago 53%)

Local Pressure for Olympic Podium Mounts

Majority (60%) of BC Residents Believe Canada will best its 2006 Turin Winter Games Standings
at 2010 Olympics
Majority (53%) in Host Province "Excited" as Opening Ceremony Nears

Canadians Using Pillow Talk to Get Down to Business

While Most (82%) Say Pillow Talk is Important to Build and Maintain Intimacy, Many Talk about Topics Related to
Family (27%), Scheduling (25%), and Chores (22%),
Not just Romance (23%) and Flirty (16%) or Sexual Chat (13%)

How Will You Be Paying for That? RBC Ipsos Reid Poll Reveals Half (54%) of Canadians Expect Pensions to be Primary Source of Income in Retirement

BC Business Leaders See Green Lights Ahead on the Road to Recovery

61% Of C-suite executives in BC expect business to improve in 2010
High tech (29%), tourism (25%) and green energy/clean technology (16%) are the sectors likely
to drive the most economic activity and jobs in BC

RBC Canadian Consumer Confidence Index Dips as More Consumers Put Major Purchases on Hold, Job Anxiety Rises

While Underlying Fundamentals of Financial Comfort Slowly Improve, Canadians Perceive Weakness in Economy as Overall Assessment Drops to 48% (down 3 points)

Only One Third (35%) Of Global Citizens Say Their Government and Business Leaders Are Taking the Right Steps and Pace to Prevent Global Climate Change

Majority (66%) in Canada
Disagree that their Country and Business Leaders
Taking Right Steps, Pace to Address Issue