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THE TALENT GAME: ATTRACTING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES
Improved Employee Benefits Tops The List As The Most Important Thing Employers Could Offer Employees (70%) To Stay or Leave Their Current Work Place, Followed by an Extra Week of Vacation (66%)
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CANADA'S TOP CEOS DETERMINE THE MOST ADMIRED AND RESPECTED CANADIAN CORPORATIONS
The Seventh Annual Survey of Canada's Most Admired and Respected Corporations Ranks Bombardier on Top Followed By Royal Bank and BCE Inc.
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REPORT CARD ON BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSYEM
MAJORITY (61%) OF BRITISH COLUMBIANS SATISFIED WITH STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
MOST (60%) THINK THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING A GOOD JOB AT MEETING THEIR COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE NEEDS
BUT, HALF (48%) OF BC PUBLIC DISAGREES PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR TODAY'S WORKFORCE
AND, TWO-THIRD'S (65%) BELIEVES PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING A MUCH BETTER EDUCATION THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS -
STRESS TAKES ITS TOLL: 25% OF CANADIANS ARE `OVERWHELMED' BY CURRENT WORLD EVENTS
At least 920,000 (4% of Canadian adults) admit to having visited a doctor or professional counselor to help cope with feelings, physical or anxiety symptoms because of terrorism threat and war
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SEVEN-IN-TEN (72%) CANADIANS SUPPORT U.S. LED AIR STRIKES ON TERRORIST TARGETS IN AFGHANISTAN
SEVEN-IN-TEN (72%) CANADIANS SUPPORT U.S. LED AIR STRIKES ON TERRORIST TARGETS IN AFGHANISTAN
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WHILE CONFIDENCE IN NATIONAL ECONOMY PLUMMETS TO 1990 LEVELS (42% SAY ECONOMY WILL GET "WORSE") AND ONE-THIRD (34%) SAY WE'RE HEADED FOR RECESSION (UP UNPRECEDENTED 9 POINTS IN ONE WEEK AND 20 POINTS SINCE JANUARY)...
CANADIANS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONFIDENCE: LOWEST LEVELS IN JOB ANXIETY (18%) SINCE BEFORE 1990, 65% SAY CURRENT CANADIAN ECONOMY "GOOD", 26% SAY PERSONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL "IMPROVE" COMPARED TO ONLY 14% WHO SAY IT WILL GET "WORSE" - 59% SAY IT WILL "STAY THE SAME"
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MAJORITY (58%) SAY TERRORISM THREATS OUTWEIGH PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM, AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW: POLICE, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SHOULD GET TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROTECT COLLECTIVE SAFETY OF CANADIANS AGAINST TERRORISM
However, while 52% think it will be necessary to give up some civil liberties, they say no to officials intercepting mail (74%), monitoring their telephone and email (71%) or credit card/financial transactions (61%) without being told
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MAJORITY (85%) SUPPORT MAKING CHANGES TO CREATE A JOINT NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY PERIMETER
MAJORITY (85%) SUPPORT MAKING CHANGES TO CREATE A JOINT NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY PERIMETER
70% Support Joint Border Posts Staffed by Canada and US Officials Instead of Separate Canadian and American Posts that Exist Today -
TWO-THIRDS (63%) OF CANADIANS APPROVE OF PRIME MINISTERS PERFORMANCE
Poll Conducted Over the Last Three Nights Shows Prime Minister at Highest Approval Levels Since June, 1998 - And Up From 55% in Early July, 2001 - as Federal Liberals Lead Decided Vote at 51% -- Also Up From 49% in July