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If Obama Closes Guantanamo, Two Thirds (64%) Say Prime Minister Harper Should Ask to Bring Omar Khadr Back to Canada, Not Keep in U.S. (36%)

Two Thirds (65%) of Canadians Believe Relationship between Canada and U.S. Will Be Better for Canadians with Obama Compared to Bush, but Most Believe Issue Progress Will Stay the Same, Not Get Better

And If Obama Asks, Majority (71%) Says Canada Should Say `No' To Any Extension of Canada's Mission in Afghanistan

From Bush's Legacy to Obama's Hope:

Seven in Ten (72%) `Disagree' Bush's Critics Have Been Too Harsh, While Most Agree (86%) That Obama's Presidency Brings Hope for the Future

Three Quarters (76%) of Canadians Believe Obama's Election a `Good Thing'--Up a Whopping 50 Points over What They Thought of Bush at Outset of His 2004 Term

Majority (52%) Believes Expectations of Obama Overblown and Think Impact of President in First Term Will be Modest Except in one Area: 81% Say He'll Improve U.S. Image around the World

Bearing Witness to History in the Making: One Third (32%) of Canadians Plan to Watch or Listen to President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Over 7.5 Million Adult Canadians Say They'll Tune In

Amidst Deepening Economic Concern, Majority (55%) Still Believes Canada on Right Track

Tories (39%) Continue to Lead Grits (28%), NDP (15%),
Green (9%) and Bloc (8%)

Ignatieff Closes Gap on Harper as Choice for Best Prime Minister

Harper (43%) Still Leads but Tumbles after Parliament Debacle with Ignatieff (33%), Layton (23%)

Finally, The Genders Agree on Something: Seven in Ten Women (73%) and Men (70%) Agree That, For Men, Love is Apart from Central Focus of His Life, But For Women It's the Very Centre of Her Life

Despite Recession, Majority Intends to Spend Same (51%) or More (7%) This Year on Holiday Gifts

Three Quarters (72%) Approve of Santa's Performance This Year

Harper Has Hammer, Even With New Grit Leader

Call for Election Looms as Canadians Want Compromise, Confidence, Not Coalition