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CANADIANS AND EATING: THE CHOICES THEY MAKE
Healthy Eating, Food Health Claims, Changes to Diet and What's for Dinner - Canadians Get Cooking with Supper Options during a Typical Week
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WHILE CONFIDENCE IN NATIONAL ECONOMY PLUMMETS TO 1990 LEVELS (42% SAY ECONOMY WILL GET "WORSE") AND ONE-THIRD (34%) SAY WE'RE HEADED FOR RECESSION (UP UNPRECEDENTED 9 POINTS IN ONE WEEK AND 20 POINTS SINCE JANUARY)...
CANADIANS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONFIDENCE: LOWEST LEVELS IN JOB ANXIETY (18%) SINCE BEFORE 1990, 65% SAY CURRENT CANADIAN ECONOMY "GOOD", 26% SAY PERSONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL "IMPROVE" COMPARED TO ONLY 14% WHO SAY IT WILL GET "WORSE" - 59% SAY IT WILL "STAY THE SAME"
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MAJORITY (58%) SAY TERRORISM THREATS OUTWEIGH PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM, AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW: POLICE, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SHOULD GET TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROTECT COLLECTIVE SAFETY OF CANADIANS AGAINST TERRORISM
However, while 52% think it will be necessary to give up some civil liberties, they say no to officials intercepting mail (74%), monitoring their telephone and email (71%) or credit card/financial transactions (61%) without being told
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MAJORITY (85%) SUPPORT MAKING CHANGES TO CREATE A JOINT NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY PERIMETER
MAJORITY (85%) SUPPORT MAKING CHANGES TO CREATE A JOINT NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY PERIMETER
70% Support Joint Border Posts Staffed by Canada and US Officials Instead of Separate Canadian and American Posts that Exist Today -
TWO-THIRDS (63%) OF CANADIANS APPROVE OF PRIME MINISTERS PERFORMANCE
Poll Conducted Over the Last Three Nights Shows Prime Minister at Highest Approval Levels Since June, 1998 - And Up From 55% in Early July, 2001 - as Federal Liberals Lead Decided Vote at 51% -- Also Up From 49% in July
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BC FEDERAL POLITICAL SCENE
Alliance Support In BC (20%) Continues To Fall (Down 6 Points Since June); Federal Liberals Improve Standing (43% - Up 4); PCs At 17%, NDP At 11%
Two-Thirds Of British Columbians (65%) Disapprove Of Job Alliance Is Doing In Opposition; Majority (57%) Approves Of Liberal Government's Performance
18% Of BC Public Approve Of Stockwell Day (Down 6 Points Since June); Give Favourable Reviews To Clark (68% Up 6), Chrйtien (55% - Up 2), McDonough (47% - Up 4) -
Canadian Physicians Attitudes Toward "Depression" and Current Treatment Options
A Majority of Canadian GPs (89%) Indicate Some Dissatisfaction with the Currently Available Treatment Options for Depression
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Strong Majority (82%) Worried that People of Arab Decent or Muslims in Canada May Become the Target of Unwarranted Racism or Personal Attacks Because of Terrorist Attacks
27% Indicate They are "Personally More Suspicious" of People of Arab Decent or Muslims from Middle East -- 73%, Not
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Outlook on National Economy Bleakest Since March 1991 in Wake of Reaction to Terrorist Attacks and Economic Turmoil
35% Say Canadian Economy Will Get Worse (Up 10 Points Since May), and 25% Say the Country is Headed Towards A Recession (Up From 14% in January, 19% in March)