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Canadians Lack Knowledge about Prime Ministers
Six in Ten (60%) Fail Three Question Quiz About Three of Canada's Most Famous Prime Ministers
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Impressions of Ontario Conservative Leadership Contenders
Former Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Ernie Eves Receives Highest Positive Impression Among Conservative Supporters in Race to Succeed Premier Mike Harris
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BC Public's Views On Decision To Hold Referendum On Treaty Negotiations
60% Of British Columbians Support Government Decision To Hold Mail-In Referendum, 37% Oppose
Public Divided On Spending Money To Hold Referendum; 54% Say It's A Waste Of Money, Given Other Priorities, 44% Believe It Will Bring Certainty/Economic Benefits To BC
65% Of British Columbians "Very Likely" To Fill Out Referendum Ballot And Mail It In -
BC Political Scene
BC Liberal Government Approval Rating Plummets 22 Points (71% To 49%) Since September
Premier Campbell's Approval Falls 19 Points In Three Months (70% To 51%); McPhail Makes No Gains (41% To 39%)
Support For BC Liberals Drops 12 Points (62% To 50%), Benefits NDP (15% To 21%), Unity BC (3% To 8%), And Greens (14% To 17%)
Most British Columbians Still Support Liberal Agenda For Change (57%), But Solid Opposition Voice Present (40%) -
TELUS is BC's most respected company, according to British Columbians
While people in the province are very fragmented in terms of what company they say they respect the most, TELUS comes out on top
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Online Security and Privacy Concerns on the Increase in Canada
Over 4 in 5 non-online shoppers are concerned about security of credit card information; 2 in 3 concerned about privacy of personal information.
Concerns contributing to virtually no year-over-year growth in incidence of online gift purchasing over the holidays. -
FOUR-IN-TEN (40%) CANADIANS BELIEVE THAT THE CANADIAN ECONOMY WILL GET WORSE OVER THE COMING YEAR, AS SLIGHT RISE IN OPTIMISM RETURNS (23% SAY IT WILL GET BETTER)
Job Anxiety Notches Up From 18% in October to 21%
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Canadians' Love Affair with Email Continues
Canadian Internet users suffer from a variety of email abuses, but most can't live without email, according to a jointly released study by Emailthatpays and Ipsos-Reid.
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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