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While Most (72%) Canadians Give and Receive Gift Cards Each Year, Many Are Tossing Away Cash by Not Using Card's Full Value
One in ten (13%) Canadians Say they Typically Lose Gift Cards Each Year;
Three in ten (28%) say they Typically Leave Unspent Money on the Card -
Post-Secondary Students and Their Parents Not Always on Same Page when it comes to School-Time Anxieties
Students (82%) Worry More about Whether They Will Earn Enough Money After Graduation to Cover Living Expenses than Parents (70%)
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Federal Campaign Gridlocked
Despite TV Ads, First Leaders' Debate and Campaign Kick-Off,
NDP (33%, -1), Tories (31%, -2) and Liberals (28% +3) Still Bunched
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Eight in Ten (80%) Canadians Believe Electric Cars are the Way of the Future
Three Quarters (75%) Would Like to Drive a Car Not Powered by Gasoline; Two in Three (64%) Would Consider Buying or Leasing a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle
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Canadians Optimistic for Blue Jays Postseason Hopes as Optimists Outweigh Pessimists by 4 to 1
Among those with an Opinion, Eight in Ten (82%) Believe the Toronto Blue Jays will Make the Playoffs, 14% Say They'll Win the World Series
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Three Quarters of Canadians (76%), GTA Residents (73%) Support Potential Toronto Olympic Bid for 2024 Summer Games
Canadians Emphatic they want Funding for the Bid to come from
Corporations (90% support), Not Taxpayers Money (39% support) -
Healthcare on the Minds of Canadians
Canadians have identified healthcare as a top issue of national concern since the 1990's, but public expectations of the healthcare system continue to evolve and priorities continue to change.
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Eight in Ten (80%) Pre-Retirees Expect to Choose Their Retirement Date, but Almost Half (43%) of Retirees Did Not Get to Choose When They Retired
Half of Pre-Retirees Say They Will Miss a Regular Pay Cheque When they Retire (49%), But in Reality, Only One in Four (26%) Retirees Say They Do
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What Canadians Want the Party Leaders to Talk About During the Election Campaign: Issues that Matter to them Personally
Rising Cost of Living (54%), Food Prices (40%), Shaky Economy (36%), Pensions (36%) and Environmental Protection (28%) Top Five Issues
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With Writ Drop on Horizon, Two Front Running Parties Tied: Harper Conservatives (33%, +5) Close Gap on Mulcair NDP (34%, -1) as Trudeau Liberals Tumble (25%, -4)
Tory Rally Due to Rising Approval Rate (44%, +3) and Plummeting Liberals, Child-Care Benefit Cheques Have Negligible Impact