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BC Liberals Mid-Term Assessment
By Nearly Two-to-One Margin, British Columbians think Province Now in Worse Shape than Better Shape
Public Thinks Higher Income British Columbians and Large Corporations Better Off - Lower Income Residents Worse Off
BC Liberals Continue To Lead, But Half Of Liberals Only Supporting Party Because There Is No Reasonable Alternative
Three-Quarters Say It Would Make No Difference If Joy MacPhail Replaced As NDP Leader -
Majority (55%) of Canadians Don't Believe Smoking Marijuana Should be a Criminal Offence - Support Rises to Two-Thirds (63%) When Fines, Instead of Criminal Charges, are Suggested for Marijuana Possession for Personal Use
However, Majority (53%) Feel Change Will Make Fighting Drug Dealers and Drug Trade Harder for Police
Half (51%)Believe Change Will Increase Number of Teenagers Smoking Pot -
Parent Care: The Latest, Greatest Challenge for Baby Boomers
An address by John Wright, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Ipsos-Reid to the Empire Club of Canada, in Toronto on May 8th, 2003.
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Concern Over SARS (36%) Plummets
Poll Taken in Wake of Lifting of W.H.O. Toronto Travel Ban Shows Country Gives Sigh of Relief
Majorities Give Thumbs Up to Those Involved in SARS Issue... From Frontline to World Health Organization -
Canadians' Concern of Contracting SARS (51%) Decreases 10 Points Since Beginning of April
Concern Lower in All Regions and Among All Demographic Groups - Ontario Records a Decline of 13 points Moving From 69% to 56%
Seven in Ten (70%)Canadians Say Their Provincial Governments and Public Health Offices Have Done Best Job They Can To Protect Public From SARS
However, Half (51%) are Alarmed that Governments and Healthcare Officials Have Not Taken Enough Steps To Contain the SARS Outbreak -
Canada and the Iraq War: Two Solitudes Emerge
Nationally, Equal Numbers Support (48%) and Oppose (48%) the U.S. Led Military Action Against Iraq
However, A Majority (54%)of English Canada Now Support War While Just 29% In Quebec Do
Half (51%) of Canadians Support Offering Help to Coalition -- Six in Ten (58%) in English Canada Support Move Compared to 28% in Quebec -
Six in Ten (61%) Canadians Concerned About Contracting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Two-Thirds (66%) Believe Travellers Arriving In Canada From SARS Hot Spots Should be Quarantined and Canadians Should Not Be Allowed to Travel To These Regions. Millions of Canadians Changing Habits to Protect Themselves
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WAR IN IRAQ: THE END GAME
Country Split as to Whether Iraqi People Will View U.S. Coalition As Liberators (48%) or Enemies (45%)
Canadians Divided on Length of War in Iraq - Half (47%)Believe Coalition Will Accomplish Regime Change by End of April, While Other Half (48%) Disagree -- 30%Say It Will Take More Than a Year
Majority (54%) Of Canadians Do Not Believe Iraq Will Be a Thriving Democracy 5 Years After the War
Nine in Ten (88%) Say Casualty Count Will Be High -
A Country Divided on War in Iraq
Regional Differences Offer Sharp Contrasts
Now That War Has Started Majority (59%) of Canadians Glad Country Decided To Stay Out - But 45% Say Canada Should Now Join Military Effort
While Two-Thirds (67%) Say That Not Siding with United States Shows Canada as Independent on the World Stage, Half (47%) Feel We've Turned Our Back on Closest Friend, and Six in Ten (61%)Say Decision Will Have Serious Economic Consequences For Canada
Approval (56%) of Prime Minister's Handling of Iraq Situation Declines 10 Points In Week -
Two-Thirds (66% versus 31%) of Canadians Approve of Prime Minister's Handling of Iraq Crisis
Seven in Ten (69% versus 30%) Say Canada Should Stay Out of the Conflict
Majority (52% versus 45%) Oppose US Lead Military Action Against Iraq
Majority (54% versus 41%)Say President Doing Wrong Thing Regarding Iraq