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New Survey on Canadians' views on Climate Change and the Economic Crisis

45% of Canadians Agree that Serious Action on Climate Change Should Wait Until the Recession is Behind Us
Seven in Ten (71%) Say It is More Important for the Government to Focus on Jobs Than Climate Change at the Moment

As Canadian Olympic Committee Sets Goal To Be Atop Medal Standings in Vancouver 2010 Games, Just 9% Say Expectations are `Unrealistic and Overly Ambitious'

But a Majority (51%) Disagrees that Our Athletes Have the Financial Resources to Succeed

As Tory Hits Hustings for March 5 Vote, McGuinty Liberals Have Large Provincial Lead

Grits (45%) Continue to Lead Tories (29%), NDP (16%), Greens (10%)

Vote Gap Narrows as Grits, Not Tories, Get Post-Budget Bounce

Tory (37%) Lead Over Liberals (31%) Narrows to Six Points

Canadians Give Shrug to Budget, Seen as Benign: 58% Say It's Neither Good Nor Bad, Only 24% Give Thumbs Up

While Government Viewed as Doing What it Takes to Get Economy Back on Track (61%), Only 23% Say Budget Will Help Them
Personally, and Only 32% Derive Spending Confidence
Majority (53%) Says Big Deficit Shows Government Doesn't Know What It's Doing on Managing Spending

Two Thirds (65%) of Canadians Believe Relationship between Canada and U.S. Will Be Better for Canadians with Obama Compared to Bush, but Most Believe Issue Progress Will Stay the Same, Not Get Better

And If Obama Asks, Majority (71%) Says Canada Should Say `No' To Any Extension of Canada's Mission in Afghanistan

If Obama Closes Guantanamo, Two Thirds (64%) Say Prime Minister Harper Should Ask to Bring Omar Khadr Back to Canada, Not Keep in U.S. (36%)

Three Quarters (76%) of Canadians Believe Obama's Election a `Good Thing'--Up a Whopping 50 Points over What They Thought of Bush at Outset of His 2004 Term

Majority (52%) Believes Expectations of Obama Overblown and Think Impact of President in First Term Will be Modest Except in one Area: 81% Say He'll Improve U.S. Image around the World

From Bush's Legacy to Obama's Hope:

Seven in Ten (72%) `Disagree' Bush's Critics Have Been Too Harsh, While Most Agree (86%) That Obama's Presidency Brings Hope for the Future

Bearing Witness to History in the Making: One Third (32%) of Canadians Plan to Watch or Listen to President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Over 7.5 Million Adult Canadians Say They'll Tune In