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Support (74%) Remains High for Kyoto Protocol . . .
But Given the Choice Canadians, Prefer to Develop A Made in Canada Plan (49%) Than To Ratify Kyoto Accord (43%)
Three-Quarters (75%) Believe It Is Possible to Develop an Alternative to the Kyoto Protocol That Is Just As Effective But Would Cost The Canadian Economy A Lot Less
But Almost As Many (71%) Say That Even If There Are Problems With Protocol, It Should Be Implemented Because It Is Good First Step -
Vancouver Municipal Election 2002
Campbell (56%) Leads Clarke (29%) by Wide Margin in Race to be Vancouver's Next Mayor
Campbell (38%) Also Leads Clark (30%) in Top-of-Mind Awareness of Mayoral Candidates
Majority (55%) of Lower Mainland Residents Say It's Time for Change in City Council; Seven-in-Ten (72%) Vancouver Residents Want a Change
The Rest of the Lower Mainland also Prefers Campbell (43%) to Clarke (30%) as Mayor -
Ontario Liberals (45%) Ride High while Tory (33%) Vote Plummets For New Eves' Administration (Down from 42%)
NDP (14%) Retains Support while Green Party (6%) Makes Dent
A Majority (56%) Indicate It's `Time for a Change' While 37% Say Tories `Should be Re-elected' -
Municipal Issues In BC: Growth And Taxes
Two-Thirds (67%) Of BC Residents Think They Get Good Value For Local Tax Dollars
BC Residents Split When Given A Choice Between Higher Taxes (47%) Or Reduced Local Services (47%)
Very Slim Majority (54%) Of Lower Mainland Residents Think Local Government Doing Good Job At Balancing Growth And Livability
Majority Support (75%) for Off-Leash Parks -
Municipal Issues In BC: Security And Policing
Education (18%), Transportation (17%), Crime (16%) And Health Care (15%) Top Municipal Issues
Four-In-Ten (44%) BC Residents Feeling Less Secure In Local Community
But, Eight-In-Ten Satisfied With Police Performance At Enforcing Laws (79%) And Preventing Crime (76%) -
Support (74%) for Kyoto Accord Softens Since June (86%) but Remains Strong
However, Eight in Ten (78%) Believe Federal Government Needs to Spend More Time Investigating Cost, Impact of Accord Before Implementing It
71% Say It's Possible To Have a `Made In Canada' Solution That Would Cost the Economy A Lot Less -
Eight in Ten (84%) Canadians Believe Queen Elizabeth II has Done a Good Job as Monarch, However, Canadians Split on Future Role of Monarchy When Queen's Reign Ends
48% Believe Canada Should End Formal Ties While 51% Disagree
If Formal Tie to Monarchy Ends, An Elected Governor General with Limited Responsibilities (39%) or a Republic with Prime Minister as Official Head of State (37%) Top Choices to Replace Monarch -
A Majority (56%) Believe Saddam Hussein Represents Real Threat To World Peace
However, Less than Half (43%) Would Approve of Sending Canadian Troops If United States Takes Military Action Against Iraq -- 55% Do Not Support Such a Move
If War with Iraq, 26% Blame Hussein, 19% Bush, Half (52%) Both
Canadians Split on Approval of President Bush on Job of President (46%) and His War on Terrorism (51%) -
BC Provincial Political Scene
BC Liberals (43%) Drop Five Points, But Remain Well Ahead Of NDP (28%) And Greens (19%)
Macphail (47%) Continues To Lead Campbell (39%) In Job Approval -
A Majority (55%) Believe Terrorists are in Canada and Waiting to Attack Civilians And Are Not Confident that Government and Security Forces Capable of Preventing Terrorist Attacks
74% Say Terrorist Threats and Attacks Due to Handful of Radicals Against Western Values and Christianity - Not Representative of Muslims, People of the Arab Nations and those Who Follow Islam