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CANADIANS SAY THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS (57%) WHILE FIGHTING TERRORISM
BUT CANADIANS ARE MORE DIVIDED ON IF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE POLICE WITH THE TOOLS TO FIGHT TERRORISM (46% NOT ENOUGH/41% ENOUGH)
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BC Political Scene
BC Liberal Government Approval Rating Plummets 22 Points (71% To 49%) Since September
Premier Campbell's Approval Falls 19 Points In Three Months (70% To 51%); McPhail Makes No Gains (41% To 39%)
Support For BC Liberals Drops 12 Points (62% To 50%), Benefits NDP (15% To 21%), Unity BC (3% To 8%), And Greens (14% To 17%)
Most British Columbians Still Support Liberal Agenda For Change (57%), But Solid Opposition Voice Present (40%) -
TELUS is BC's most respected company, according to British Columbians
While people in the province are very fragmented in terms of what company they say they respect the most, TELUS comes out on top
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WITH LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO, HALF OF CANADIANS (52%) HAVE NOT STARTED THEIR HOLIDAY SHOPPING...BUT, MOST WILL JOIN THE CROWDS BY THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER
About half (53%) of pet owners plan to give their pet a present. As for humans, only one-third of Canadians plan to gift their boss (32%) or neighbour (29%)
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Liberals Continue to Hold Support of Half (49%) of Decided Voters in the Country
In the `Fight for the Right' - Both the Conservatives (19%) and the Canadian Alliance (13%) Increase Support Slightly
As the NDP Kicks Off its Convention, Polls Show Them Mired at 9% Nationally -
Canadians' Love Affair with Email Continues
Canadian Internet users suffer from a variety of email abuses, but most can't live without email, according to a jointly released study by Emailthatpays and Ipsos-Reid.
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WHILE CONFIDENCE IN NATIONAL ECONOMY PLUMMETS TO 1990 LEVELS (42% SAY ECONOMY WILL GET "WORSE") AND ONE-THIRD (34%) SAY WE'RE HEADED FOR RECESSION (UP UNPRECEDENTED 9 POINTS IN ONE WEEK AND 20 POINTS SINCE JANUARY)...
CANADIANS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONFIDENCE: LOWEST LEVELS IN JOB ANXIETY (18%) SINCE BEFORE 1990, 65% SAY CURRENT CANADIAN ECONOMY "GOOD", 26% SAY PERSONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL "IMPROVE" COMPARED TO ONLY 14% WHO SAY IT WILL GET "WORSE" - 59% SAY IT WILL "STAY THE SAME"
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MAJORITY (58%) SAY TERRORISM THREATS OUTWEIGH PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM, AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW: POLICE, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SHOULD GET TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROTECT COLLECTIVE SAFETY OF CANADIANS AGAINST TERRORISM
However, while 52% think it will be necessary to give up some civil liberties, they say no to officials intercepting mail (74%), monitoring their telephone and email (71%) or credit card/financial transactions (61%) without being told
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TWO-THIRDS (63%) OF CANADIANS APPROVE OF PRIME MINISTERS PERFORMANCE
Poll Conducted Over the Last Three Nights Shows Prime Minister at Highest Approval Levels Since June, 1998 - And Up From 55% in Early July, 2001 - as Federal Liberals Lead Decided Vote at 51% -- Also Up From 49% in July
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BC Liberals Still in the Honeymoon Period
British Columbians Think New Government is Doing a Good Job and Like the Pace of Change.