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Three Quarters (74%) Of Canadians Say It Is Reasonable That Governments Develop A Plan For Healthcare System Within 100 Days Of The Release Of The Romanow Report
However, Confidence Is Mixed On What Such A Plan Will Deliver.
Almost All (97%) Canadians Say it is Important that Governments Actively Involve Heath Care Professionals in Developing Plan to Renew Health System -
Remembrance Day (65%) Still Holds More Personal Meaning For Canadians than September 11th (33%) . . .
Half (52%) Say They Will Attend a Formal Remembrance Day Service This Year (Down from 58% Last Year)
Three-Quarters (75%) Agree With Minister of Defense That Canadian Military Budget Needs to be Increased
A Majority (53%) Want Military to be Better Funded and Equipped All Purpose Armed Force As Opposed to Other Options -
65% Of Ontarians Say Local School Boards Should Be Allowed To Run Budget Deficit If They Believe It's Unavoidable
57% Say Inadequate Funding By Provincial Government, Not Waste And Inefficiency By School Board (38%), Is The Fault For Deficits
But, 79% Say Province Should Assign Auditors To Look into School Board Books and Locate Ways to Balance School Board Budgets--With 75% Saying They Would Believe an Auditor's Indications on How to Balance Budget -
Eves' Post-Budget Ontario Tories Up Smartly (40%) Into Virtual Tie As McGuinty's Liberals Fall (42%) And Hampton's NDP (17%) Climb
However, A Majority (55%) Say It Is Time for a Change, While 41% Say Conservatives Deserve To Be Re-Elected
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BC Federal Political Scene June 2002
Canadian Alliance Support In BC Jumps 7 Points To 31%, Closing Gap On Federal Liberals (35%)
Chrйtien's Approval Rating Falls 9 Points To 43%, Well Back Of New Alliance Leader Stephen Harper (53%) -
Alberta Political Scene Late March 2002
After One Year Anniversary Provincial Tories Continue at Top of Polls (50%) - Liberals (31%) and New Democrats (11%) Well Behind
Personal Approval of Premier Klein (57%) and his Government (54%) is Down 13 Points in Recent Months - But 63% Still Say Klein and Government are on the "Right Track"
Healthcare (54%) Continues Seven Year Stretch at Top of Issue Agenda But Education Not Far Behind (47%) -
Albertans Give Tough Love on Provincial Budget
Overall Majority (55%) of Albertans Oppose Klein Government's March 19th Budget
But Majority Supports Increases in Healthcare Premiums (54%), Increases in Liquor Mark-Ups, Vehicle Fees, Traffic Fines and Other Fees (58%) as Well as Increases in Tobacco Tax (70%)
Opposition Comes from Cuts to Municipal Grants for Roads and Transportation (83% oppose) and Public Service Cuts (50% oppose) -
BC Liberals Weathering The Storm
BC Liberals (48%) Still Dominate Party Race; NDP (28%) Continue to Rise
Government Approval (45%) Bottoms Out
MacPhail's Approval (49%) Pushes Ahead of Campbell's (45%) -
MAJORITY (74%) OF CANADIANS BELIEVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD STIMULATE ECONOMY THROUGH TAX CUTS
Majority (55%) Also Believe That Any Government Spending to Stimulate Economy Should Not Run a Deficit