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Fewer Canadians Planning and Saving for Retirement
Only One in Three (35%) Intend to Contribute to RRSPs This Year
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So Canada, What Gives......
Two-thirds (68%) of Online Canadians have sponsored someone in a fundraising event in the past year
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Country Split as 51% Don't Believe Canadian Officials or Military Knowingly Transferred Prisoners to Afghanistan Forces Who May Have Inflicted Torture
Only 4 in 10 (38%) Don't Care About Issue;
Jump in Support for Men and Women Serving in Canada's Armed Forces (92%, Up 10 points since July, 2009, and 13 points since 2007) -
One Half (48%) of Canadians Admit to Re-Gifting, With One in Ten (11%) saying they Typically Re-Gift at Least One of the Presents they Receive at Christmas
Many Canadians Opt for a Green Christmas
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What Canadians Wouldn't Give Up to Add Five Healthy Years to Their Lives
One Half (50%) of Men Wouldn't Give up Red Meat;
Nearly One Half (45%) of Women Wouldn't Abandon Chocolate -
Majority of British Columbians (82%) and Ontarians (74%) United in Opposition of Harmonized Sales Tax
Nine in Ten (90%) Believe It's a Tax Grab,
Most Say It will be Good for Governments, Bad for Consumers -
Majority (84%) of Canadians `Concerned' that over One in Ten Don't Have a Family Doctor, Time it Takes to Get an Appointment with Family Doctor (51%) or Specialist (84%)
Almost All Canadians Believe Training more Doctors (98%), Improving Coordination and Access Between Doctors Diagnostic Tests (95%), and Increasing Use of Family-Health Teams Key to Improving Access to
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La plupart (84 %) des Canadiens sont 171 prйoccupйs 187 par le fait que plus d'une personne sur 10 n'a pas de mйdecin de famille et par le temps qu'il faut pour obtenir un rendez-vous avec un mйdecin de famille (51 %) ou un spйcialiste (84 %).
Presque tous les Canadiens croient que la formation d'un plus grand nombre de mйdecins (98 %), l'amйlioration de la coordination entre les mйdecins et de l'accиs aux tests diagnostiques (95 %) et le recours accru aux йquipes de mйdecine familiale sont indispensables pour amйliorer l'accиs aux mйdecins de famille et aux spйcialistes.
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One Half (47%) of Canadians Intend to Spend Less This Holiday Season than Last Year
While average Canadian intends to spend more on gifts this year than two years ago (up 12% to $728), spending intentions on other holiday-related goods and services drops 4.5% (from $512 to $490)
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Canadians Hope For a Better 2010, But Shelve Holiday Spending, According to the New RBC Canadian Consumer Outlook Index
Half of Canadians plan to spend less this holiday season