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Healthcare Funding: Assessing the Federal and Provincial Positions
Two-Thirds (67%) Agree With Provincial Position, Almost As Many (62%) Agree With Federal Position
But When Push Comes To Shove, The Nod Goes To The Premiers (51%) -
Seven-in-Ten (67%) Canadians Approaching Retirement Are Unsure About Their Retirement Future
The 12th Annual RBC RRSP Poll Also Found That 59% Of Those Aged 45 And Up, Who Are Not Yet Retired, Are Feeling Behind In Meeting Their Retirement Goals
And 56% Have Not Determined The Amount They Will Need To Save To Ensure They Have A Comfortable Retirement -
86% of Canadian CEOs Bullish That Their Business Has What It Takes To Compete in a Global Marketplace - Up from 76% in 2001
But Only 40% Say It's Time To Expand Into New Markets Rather Than Solidify Current Market
Top Priorities For CEOs: Ensuring Long-Term Company Financial Health; Increasing Productivity And Performance Improvement; Attracting And Retaining High Calibre Employees -
Canada's CEOs Modestly Optimistic With National Economic Expectations For 2003 - 77% Believe National Economy Will Slow Down But Continue To Have Some Growth
But CEOs Confident (81%) That There Will Not Be A Major Economic Downturn In The Next Two Years
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Paul Tellier Named Most Respected CEO By Peers
84% Of CEOs Believe That Companies That Are More Respected By Public Enjoy Premium Share Price - With Majority (64%) Spending More Time Building Respect
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A Special Report: Attacking Iraq
Only (40%) Approve of United States Taking Military Action to Oust Saddam Hussein
Two-Thirds (64%) Say Canada Should Provide Military Assistance Only Via UN, 15% Say with U.S. on its Own
Telling the Truth: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Who Canadians Believe, Their Views on the Bush Administration, Americans and the Threat to World Peace -
Premier Campbell Lives Another Day
While British Columbians Split Over Whether Premier Gordon Campbell Should Resign (50%) or Stay On (48%) in Wake of Drinking and Driving Charge...
Six in Ten (62%) Accept His Apology and 56% Say the Incident Does Not Reflect on His Ability To Make Decisions as Premier
Meanwhile, Support for BC Liberals (41%) and Campbell's Approval Rating (38%) Hold Steady
But, Three Quarters (74%) Say Campbell is a Hypocrite and 55% Say He Has Lost the Moral Authority to Lead -
Eves' Ontario Conservatives (38%) Move Up In Wake of Hydro Rate Cap, But Still Trail McGuinty's Liberals (45%), with the NDP (14%) and Green Party (3%) Trailing
Eves Viewed as Leader That Would Make Best Premier (42%)
Government Receives High Marks on Handling of Hydro -
Crime In British Columbia
One-in-Three (32%) BC Households a Victim of Crime in Past Two Years; Vast Majority (86%) of Crimes Reported to Police
Seven-in-Ten (71%) BC Residents Thinks Courts and Justice System Too Soft on Law Breakers
Residents Split on How to Get Tougher; Longer Sentences (33%), Community Service (30%), Financial Compensation (30%)
Majority (60%) of British Columbians Willing to Pay More Taxes to Hire More Police Officers