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Less Than Half (44 Per Cent) of Canadian Employees Have Confidence in the Senior Leadership at Their Workplace; British Columbians (43 Per Cent), Atlantic Canadians (43 Per Cent), and Retail Employees (39 Per Cent) Least Confident
Only Slightly More `Agree' (39%) That They Trust What Senior Leaders Say Than `Disagree' (32%)
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Two-Thirds (66%) Believe It's Very Important That Volunteers Teach Children the Importance of Budgeting Their Money
Parents Less Likely to Find Volunteer Initiatives to Teach Children About Financial Literacy `Very Important' Than Those Without Children
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Seven in Ten (70%) Canadian Parents Strongly Agree that Play is Essential for Children Everywhere to Develop Important Life Skills
While Majority of Canadian Parents Believe Play is an Important Focus for Conflict Resolution (83%) to Hygiene (56%), Children in Developing Countries Face Different Factors/Issues in Their Development
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Only One in Ten (10%) Canadians Strongly Consider Themselves "Bilingual" in French and English
One in Ten (9%) Strongly Agree they could be Successful in a Job,
Read the Newspaper (11%) or Debate (7%) in the Other Official Language -
Six in Ten Canadians Strongly Agree that Heritage Minutes are a Good Way to Teach Canadians About Our History (63%) and Are Important Vehicles for Telling Canadian Stories (60%)
Canadians Favourite Minutes Include Jackie Robinson and the Halifax Explosion; Majority Want to See New Minutes Created by Emerging Canadian Filmmakers (58%) and Film Students (53%)
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Nine in Ten (91%) Managers and Supervisors Agree It's Important to Improve Their Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Three-quarters (73%) Have No Significant Strength in Any of the Four Key Skills Used for Managing Emotions
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While a Majority of Canadians Feel Informed on the Issue of HIV/AIDS, They're Less Informed Now (57%, -13 pts.) Compared to Five Years Ago (70%)
Less Canadians (34%, - 25 pts.) Believe HIV/AIDS to be an International Emergency, While More (54%, +18 pts) Think Calling the Disease a `Pandemic' is an Exaggeration
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More Canadians Believe Asia's Growing Economic Strength Represents an Opportunity (60%) for Canada than a Threat (40%)
But Majority (55%) Disagrees That Canadian Companies are Well Prepared to Compete against Asian Companies
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Average Canadian (70%) Much More Likely to Believe Their Financial Knowledge is Good or Excellent Compared to Other Canadians (30%)
Two-Thirds (64%) Believe Financial Literacy is a Serious Issue; One-Quarter (23%) Do Nothing to Improve Their Knowledge
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Overall, Eight in Ten (81%) Support a Free Trade Agreement Between Canada and the European Union
Support Dwindles to One-Third (31%) When Factoring In Extended Drug Patents That Would Increase Prescription Costs