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Canadians Give Shrug to Budget, Seen as Benign: 58% Say It's Neither Good Nor Bad, Only 24% Give Thumbs Up
While Government Viewed as Doing What it Takes to Get Economy Back on Track (61%), Only 23% Say Budget Will Help Them
Personally, and Only 32% Derive Spending Confidence
Majority (53%) Says Big Deficit Shows Government Doesn't Know What It's Doing on Managing Spending -
Canadians to Opposition Parties: Vote For the Budget
Since Budget Vote a Matter of Confidence, Six in ten (57%) Believe Opposition Parties Should Vote For the Harper Budget, Not Against (30%)
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Looking Ahead to the Budget, Canadians Most Supportive of Spending Cuts (62%) and Deficits (52%), Not Tax Hikes (18%)
Support for Deficits Up 9 Points, Spending Cuts Down 20 Points Most Canadians Put Faith in Harper Tories to Manage Economy (44%)
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Despite Economic Slowdown, Seven in Ten (69%) Are Planning to Vacation this Year
One in three (33%) say they'd consider taking a cruise for their next vacation
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Majority (53%) Sides With Running Major Deficit of at Least $30 to $40 Billion in Coming Budget to Stimulate Economy
Four in ten (41%) Say Major Deficit is a `Waste of Money',
Will do Little to Get Country out of Recession -
Majority (54%) `Strongly Agrees' Educational Institutions Should Work More Closely With Business to Produce Highly-Skilled People Needed to Sustain and Improve Canada's Economy
Nine in ten (91%) Say Practical Training More Important in Getting Laid Off Workers Back on the Job than Theoretical Education
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Normal Programming Will Resume Shortly... For Those That Notice?
Almost One-Half of Time Spent Online is Multi-Tasking--44% of Canadians are Online While Conducting Other Activities, Such As Watching TV, or Listening to the Radio Time Spent Online Continues to be On Par with Television Watching, Although Skews Heavily Toward the Younger Generation
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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