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Canadian Reward Card Holders Cite `Cost and Budget' (67%) and `Family and/or Friends' (49%) as Biggest Considerations for Planning a Vacation

Canadians Nearly Three Times More Likely to Book Trips Online By Themselves (56%) Than With a Travel Agent (19%)

Investment Safety (44%) Most Important When Considering Buying GICs; Liquidity (65%) Least Important Consideration

Canadians Interested in GICs That Offer Yearly Interest Rate Increases (80%), Provide Regular Income (70%), and are Linked to the Stock Market (65%)

If They Were Community Planning Boss, Ontarians Would Increase Active Transportation for their Communities with More Emphasis on Public Transit (73%) and Cyclists (60%)

More Canadians Believe Asia's Growing Economic Strength Represents an Opportunity (60%) for Canada than a Threat (40%)

But Majority (55%) Disagrees That Canadian Companies are Well Prepared to Compete against Asian Companies

Average Canadian (70%) Much More Likely to Believe Their Financial Knowledge is Good or Excellent Compared to Other Canadians (30%)

Two-Thirds (64%) Believe Financial Literacy is a Serious Issue; One-Quarter (23%) Do Nothing to Improve Their Knowledge

BC NDP Stay Far Ahead as BC Liberals Take Back Some Support from BC Conservatives

NDP (49%, up 1) Lead BC Liberals (32%, up 3) and BC Conservatives (12%, down 4)
Dix (35%, up 4) Expands Lead Over Clark (22%, down 3) as Best Premier

Four in Ten (38%) Retired Boomers Say They Didn't Retire at a Time of Their Choosing; Most (85%) Pre-Retired Boomers Think They'll Pick a Time of Their Choosing

One-in-Five (20%) Retired Boomers Knew One Month Before Actual Retirement; Four in Ten (42%) Had Less Than Six Months Notice

Android Reaping Significant Gain in Canadian Marketplace

Android and Apple Battling for Canadian Mobile Dominance

Overall, Eight in Ten (81%) Support a Free Trade Agreement Between Canada and the European Union

Support Dwindles to One-Third (31%) When Factoring In Extended Drug Patents That Would Increase Prescription Costs

Public Perspectives: National Economic and Issues Update

The September edition of Public Perspectives features an economic and issues update as Canadians assess the national and local economies, their personal finances, and their issue concerns