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Awaiting Romanow: Priorities for Healthcare Spending
Top Priorities For Healthcare are Waiting Lists for MRIs/CAT-Scans (63%), Homecare (49%), Primary Healthcare Services (44%), and Prevention Services (42%) According to Canadians
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Nine in Ten (88%) Say New Taxes Unnecessary for Healthcare -- Just Need to Spend Current Healthcare Money More Efficiently
Two-Thirds (65%) Indicate User Fees, More Private Money in Canadian Healthcare System Not Needed
Six in Ten (61%) Think Federal Government Should Implement Romanow Recommendations Even if It Means a Slight Tax Increase -
Seven in Ten (70%) Canadians are Confident that Within Their Lifetime a Cure for Cancer Will be found
68% Say Cancer, Within the Decade, Will Be Something You Live With, Not Die From
92% Willing To Donate Tumour Tissue for Research on New Drug Treatments
87% Of Canadians' Lives Have Been Touched By Cancer Through The Diagnosis Of A Friend Or Family Member -
Lower Mainland Municipal Elections 2002
Residents Want Their Mayor To Be A Good Manager (28%), Have A Vision (26%), Or Be Willing To Make Tough Decisions (20%)
Residents Divided On Exploring Municipal Amalgamation; 45% Support, 45% Oppose
City Of Vancouver Residents Divided On New Mayor Having Majority Control Of Council;
43% Good Thing, 41% Bad Thing One-In-Six (16%) Residents Has Had Contact With A Municipal Candidate During The Campaign -
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 -
Support (74%) Remains High for Kyoto Protocol . . .
But Given the Choice Canadians, Prefer to Develop A Made in Canada Plan (49%) Than To Ratify Kyoto Accord (43%)
Three-Quarters (75%) Believe It Is Possible to Develop an Alternative to the Kyoto Protocol That Is Just As Effective But Would Cost The Canadian Economy A Lot Less
But Almost As Many (71%) Say That Even If There Are Problems With Protocol, It Should Be Implemented Because It Is Good First Step -
New Zealand (36%) Tops Wish List of Most Exotic Winter Travel Destination followed by Tahiti (23%), Rio de Janeiro (14%) and Thailand (11%) According to Canadians
However, Canadians are Most Likely to Travel within Canada over Holiday Season (33%) or in Winter/Spring of 2003 (26%)
While a Majority (55%) Say they Plan Months in Advance, One in Five (19%) Say they Plan Vacations Only Days in Advance (4%) or on the Spur of the Moment (15%)
Canadian Personalities Jim Carrey (28%), David Suzuki (20%) Rate As Good Vacation Guests -
Vancouver Municipal Election 2002
Campbell (56%) Leads Clarke (29%) by Wide Margin in Race to be Vancouver's Next Mayor
Campbell (38%) Also Leads Clark (30%) in Top-of-Mind Awareness of Mayoral Candidates
Majority (55%) of Lower Mainland Residents Say It's Time for Change in City Council; Seven-in-Ten (72%) Vancouver Residents Want a Change
The Rest of the Lower Mainland also Prefers Campbell (43%) to Clarke (30%) as Mayor -
So, Who Do Canadians Think Lie Like a Rug?
Politicians (60%) Lead the Liars Brigade, When Making Statements to the Media On Important Issues, Followed by Lawyers (40%), Corporate Executives (35%) and Union Leaders (31%)
Police Officers (8%), Doctors (6%) and Teachers (5%) Viewed As Least Likely to Lie -
Ontario Liberals (45%) Ride High while Tory (33%) Vote Plummets For New Eves' Administration (Down from 42%)
NDP (14%) Retains Support while Green Party (6%) Makes Dent
A Majority (56%) Indicate It's `Time for a Change' While 37% Say Tories `Should be Re-elected'