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Vancouver Municipal Election 2002

Campbell (56%) Leads Clarke (29%) by Wide Margin in Race to be Vancouver's Next Mayor
Campbell (38%) Also Leads Clark (30%) in Top-of-Mind Awareness of Mayoral Candidates
Majority (55%) of Lower Mainland Residents Say It's Time for Change in City Council; Seven-in-Ten (72%) Vancouver Residents Want a Change
The Rest of the Lower Mainland also Prefers Campbell (43%) to Clarke (30%) as Mayor

Ipsos-Reid Fires Back at Critics on Kyoto Polling

Ipsos-Reid Retains Legal Counsel, Demands Immediate Retraction and Apology by Environmental Activist, Bob Hunter, On Comments Made About Its Polling On Kyoto Accord

Canadians Divided on Kyoto Ratification

Canadians are Evenly Split on Whether Canada Should Withdraw from Kyoto and Develop a "Made in Canada" Plan (45%) or Ratify the Protocol (44%)

But Big East/West Divide Over Whether Canada Should Withdraw (40%/57%) or Ratify (49%/33%)

Awareness of Kyoto Increases to 69% from 58% in Mid-September

Ontario Liberals (45%) Ride High while Tory (33%) Vote Plummets For New Eves' Administration (Down from 42%)

NDP (14%) Retains Support while Green Party (6%) Makes Dent
A Majority (56%) Indicate It's `Time for a Change' While 37% Say Tories `Should be Re-elected'

Six in Ten (61%) Canadians Approve Creation of Cloned Human Embryos for Collecting Stem Cells

Three-Quarters (76%) Also Approve Use of Unused, Extra In-Vitro Embryos in Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Disease

Municipal Issues In BC: Growth And Taxes

Two-Thirds (67%) Of BC Residents Think They Get Good Value For Local Tax Dollars
BC Residents Split When Given A Choice Between Higher Taxes (47%) Or Reduced Local Services (47%)
Very Slim Majority (54%) Of Lower Mainland Residents Think Local Government Doing Good Job At Balancing Growth And Livability
Majority Support (75%) for Off-Leash Parks

Municipal Issues In BC: Security And Policing

Education (18%), Transportation (17%), Crime (16%) And Health Care (15%) Top Municipal Issues
Four-In-Ten (44%) BC Residents Feeling Less Secure In Local Community
But, Eight-In-Ten Satisfied With Police Performance At Enforcing Laws (79%) And Preventing Crime (76%)

With a New Throne Speech, Chretien Liberals Notch Up (44%) and Remain Most Popular Party

While Conservatives (15%), Alliance (15%) and NDP (13%) Continue to Trail Badly
The Green Party (4%) Shows Up on Radar Screen . . . Especially in British Columbia

Support (74%) for Kyoto Accord Softens Since June (86%) but Remains Strong

However, Eight in Ten (78%) Believe Federal Government Needs to Spend More Time Investigating Cost, Impact of Accord Before Implementing It
71% Say It's Possible To Have a `Made In Canada' Solution That Would Cost the Economy A Lot Less