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Four in Ten (41%) Say Liberals The Party That Would Provide `Best Overall Government for Canada'
Followed by Canadian Alliance (15%), Progressive Conservatives (13%), and NDP (10%)
Alliance (26%) Tops the List as Party that Would Provide the `Worst Overall Government for Canada', followed by the NDP (22%), the Liberals (19%), and the Tories (12%)
In Individual Policy Areas, Liberals Seen as the Party that Would Do the Best Job -
BC Political Scene
BC Liberal (44%) Support Stable as NDP (31%) Reaches Five Year High; Green Party (17%) and BC Unity (5%) Trail
MacPhail (49%) Continues to Lead Campbell (37%) in Job Approval
Federal Liberals (35%) Still Party to Beat in BC; Alliance (25%) and NDP (22%) Battling for Second Place
Joe Clark (51%) Tops Other Federal Leaders in Job Approval -
Searching For Online Health Information The Number One Online Activity In Canada
Two-Thirds Of All Online Canadians Have Visited A Health Website, Up From 55% In 2000
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Majority (53%) of Canadians Say Gun Registry Should be Scrapped
Despite Issues with Gun Registry, Federal Liberals (41%) Remain Most Popular Party
While Conservatives (17%), Alliance (16%), NDP (12%) and Green Party (6%) Trail Behind -
Eight in Ten (82%) Canadians Approve Romanow Recommendation of $15 Billion Infusion into Healthcare Over Three Years Even If It Takes All Projected Budget Surplus
But Support Drops to 52% When Told This Would Leave Little Surplus for Improving Other Areas Such As Post-Secondary Education or the Military
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Awaiting Romanow: Priorities for Healthcare Spending
Top Priorities For Healthcare are Waiting Lists for MRIs/CAT-Scans (63%), Homecare (49%), Primary Healthcare Services (44%), and Prevention Services (42%) According to Canadians
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Nine in Ten (88%) Say New Taxes Unnecessary for Healthcare -- Just Need to Spend Current Healthcare Money More Efficiently
Two-Thirds (65%) Indicate User Fees, More Private Money in Canadian Healthcare System Not Needed
Six in Ten (61%) Think Federal Government Should Implement Romanow Recommendations Even if It Means a Slight Tax Increase -
Remembrance Day (65%) Still Holds More Personal Meaning For Canadians than September 11th (33%) . . .
Half (52%) Say They Will Attend a Formal Remembrance Day Service This Year (Down from 58% Last Year)
Three-Quarters (75%) Agree With Minister of Defense That Canadian Military Budget Needs to be Increased
A Majority (53%) Want Military to be Better Funded and Equipped All Purpose Armed Force As Opposed to Other Options -
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 -
New Zealand (36%) Tops Wish List of Most Exotic Winter Travel Destination followed by Tahiti (23%), Rio de Janeiro (14%) and Thailand (11%) According to Canadians
However, Canadians are Most Likely to Travel within Canada over Holiday Season (33%) or in Winter/Spring of 2003 (26%)
While a Majority (55%) Say they Plan Months in Advance, One in Five (19%) Say they Plan Vacations Only Days in Advance (4%) or on the Spur of the Moment (15%)
Canadian Personalities Jim Carrey (28%), David Suzuki (20%) Rate As Good Vacation Guests