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Parents See Beneficial Link Between Volunteering and Education
Nearly All Parents of Above Average Students who Volunteer See the Educational Benefits of Their Children's Charitable Acts
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Parents of Above Average Students Are More Likely to Use Praise to Motivate their Children Academically
Above Average Students also Spend More Time on Homework and Are More Likely to Use Support Materials
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Dominion Institute's new Canadian Icons Survey Reveals Some Not-So-Familiar Faces
Only Four in Ten (41%) Canadians Can Identify Sir John A Macdonald and Only One Half (49%) Can Identify the Governor General based on their Picture. Meanwhile, Terry Fox (88%) and Celine Dion (87%) are the Most Recognizable.
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Torontonians Deliver Report Card to City Hall
Majority (77%) Gives `Good' Marks For City Overall, But One Half (50%) Give Bad Marks for Level of Taxes for Services
Highest `Good' Marks
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Toronto Residents Signal Miller Time is Over: Mayor David Miller's Approval Rating Plummets From 69% in 2005 to 43% Today as Majority (57%) Says City on Wrong Track
In `Head to Head' Vote Challenge, Both John Tory and George Smitherman Beat Incumbent Mayor by 7 Points Each
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Three quarters (72%) of Working Canadians Believe that Current Levels of Adult Literacy in Canada are a Problem
Only Eight in Ten (79%) `Strongly Agree' that If They Were to Lose Their Job Today, They Possess the Necessary literacy Skills
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One in Three (32%) Parents Says Their Child Doesn't Always Eat Breakfast Without a Struggle
But Nine in Ten (90%) Say That Eating Breakfast is `Very Important' For their Child's Daily Health, Mental Performance
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Three in Ten (28%) Online Canadians Have Sent Money Electronically In the Last Year
But Half a Million Canadians Say They Typically Never Pay Back the Money They Owe to Friends and Family
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What's Your Child Doing on Facebook?
Online Canadian Teens (76%) are Significantly More Likely than Parents (56%) to Have a Social Network Profile; Facebook Still Dominates
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Majority (53%) Say Harper Conservatives Doing `Good Job' and Should Continue Governing as Only 39% Believe Ignatieff Liberals Would Do `Better Job'
But Tory Kudos Don't Translate as Liberals (35%) and Tories (34%) Continue in Tight See-Saw Horserace