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NDP Closing The Gap In British Columbia
NDP (37%, up 6 points) Steal Support From BC Liberals (41%, down 4 points) and Green Party (14%, down 3 points)
Two-Thirds (64%) Have No Impression Of New NDP Leader Carole James; 23% Positive - 10% Negative
Gordon Campbell Matches His Lowest Approval Rating As Premier (37%, down 2 points) -
Life Is Good In The Lower Mainland
Residents Of The Lower Mainland (96%) Overwhelmingly Say Their Quality Of Life Is Good
One Third (34%) Expect Their Economic Situation To Improve Over The Next Year And Seven In Ten (70%) Say They Will Be Better Off 10 Years From Now
Ipsos-Reid's "Hope Index" Shows Lower Mainland Is Just As Hopeful As Canada - Lower Than The U.S. But Higher Than France
Transportation (38%) Is Still Number One Concern -
58% Say New Ontario McGuinty Government Justified In Breaking Promises: Bring Down Deficit First
Ontarians (65%)Believe Size Of Deficit Is Real
Half (49%) Approve Of New Government Performance - Liberals Lead (51%) PC's (27%), NDP (16%), Green (6%) As Honeymoon Continues -
New Conservative Party Starts At 21%--Highest Level Of Support For Opposition Party, With Exception Of 2000 Election, Since 1993
But Liberals Sill Have Commanding Lead With 48%, NDP At 14%, Bloc 9%, Green 4%...As 62% Say New Party Unlikely To Defeat Martin's Liberals
Half Of Canadians (52%) Expect New PM To Shake Things Up In Ottawa--Most Say It's For The Good -
Post Convention Poll Has Grits at 43% (down from pre-convention 46%) as NDP Gains (15%) - Tories (14%), Alliance (10%), Bloc (9%), Green (5%) Trail
Little Changes On Top-Line Vote Support Over Pre-Convention Sounding, But Regions Tell A Different Story.
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Vancouver Mayor And Council - One Year Review
Mayor Larry Campbell (68%) Outpaces Vancouver City Council (58%) But Both Enjoy Majority Job Approval
Safe Injection Site/Four Pillar Approach is their Biggest Achievement - Biggest Letdown is Dealing with Squatters/Homelessness/ Panhandlers - Olympics Cuts Both Ways
Majority Thinks Campbell and Council Too Soft on Panhandlers (55%), Property Crime (52%) and Squatters (51%)
Overall, Vancouverites Split on Whether City is Now in Better (25%), Worse (26%) or Same (48%) Shape -
Translink Poll
On November 17th, TransLink released the results of a poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid. The full question wording and results are provided in the accompanying data tables.
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Six in Ten (60%) Say Prime Minister Chrйtien Should Leave Now (47%) or By Christmas (13%) - Just Four in Ten (38%) Say He Should Stay On Till February
Electorate Give Paul Martin Time to Bide: Only 30% Say Call Election Immediately - 68% Say Later: Within a Year (41%) or Until 2005 (27%)
On Eight Issue Fronts, Canadians Express Modest Expectations of the New Prime Minister When Compared to Chrйtien Era- But Improved US Relations Top List -
Six in Ten (60%) Ontarians Say Election of Liberals is `Good News' For Province as Even More (75%) Feel McGuinty Will Do A Good Job as Premier
Hospital Beds, MRI/Cat Scans, Nurses, Tuition Freeze and Diversion of Gas Tax Rank as Top Big Ticket Promises Public Want Now . . . Others Can Wait
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British Columbians Divided On Issues Of The Day
Slim Majorities Support Safe Injection Site (56%), Same-Sex Marriage (55%) And Decriminalizing Possession Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana (54%)