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Life Is Good In The Lower Mainland
Residents Of The Lower Mainland (96%) Overwhelmingly Say Their Quality Of Life Is Good
One Third (34%) Expect Their Economic Situation To Improve Over The Next Year And Seven In Ten (70%) Say They Will Be Better Off 10 Years From Now
Ipsos-Reid's "Hope Index" Shows Lower Mainland Is Just As Hopeful As Canada - Lower Than The U.S. But Higher Than France
Transportation (38%) Is Still Number One Concern -
Canadians Paying Off Debt
Less Than Half (48%) Of Financial Decision-Makers Have "Structured Their Debt So They Pay The Lowest Amount Possible"
Three-Quarters (75%) "Consider Their Debt Payments To Be A Part Of Their Day-To-Day Living Expenses" -
New Conservative Party Starts At 21%--Highest Level Of Support For Opposition Party, With Exception Of 2000 Election, Since 1993
But Liberals Sill Have Commanding Lead With 48%, NDP At 14%, Bloc 9%, Green 4%...As 62% Say New Party Unlikely To Defeat Martin's Liberals
Half Of Canadians (52%) Expect New PM To Shake Things Up In Ottawa--Most Say It's For The Good -
58% Say New Ontario McGuinty Government Justified In Breaking Promises: Bring Down Deficit First
Ontarians (65%)Believe Size Of Deficit Is Real
Half (49%) Approve Of New Government Performance - Liberals Lead (51%) PC's (27%), NDP (16%), Green (6%) As Honeymoon Continues -
Seven In Ten (68%)Think A Stainless Steel Microwave Makes For A Nice Christmas Gift
Three Quarters (74%) Of Canadians Think Microwave Is Important Day-To-Day Cooking Tool...More Than Half (56%)Use Microwave Mostly To Reheat
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Post Convention Poll Has Grits at 43% (down from pre-convention 46%) as NDP Gains (15%) - Tories (14%), Alliance (10%), Bloc (9%), Green (5%) Trail
Little Changes On Top-Line Vote Support Over Pre-Convention Sounding, But Regions Tell A Different Story.
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Vancouver Mayor And Council - One Year Review
Mayor Larry Campbell (68%) Outpaces Vancouver City Council (58%) But Both Enjoy Majority Job Approval
Safe Injection Site/Four Pillar Approach is their Biggest Achievement - Biggest Letdown is Dealing with Squatters/Homelessness/ Panhandlers - Olympics Cuts Both Ways
Majority Thinks Campbell and Council Too Soft on Panhandlers (55%), Property Crime (52%) and Squatters (51%)
Overall, Vancouverites Split on Whether City is Now in Better (25%), Worse (26%) or Same (48%) Shape -
The Cranium Fun Study:
Half (47%) Of Canadians Interested In Playing A Board Game On Christmas Day
Four In Ten (44%) Say They Have The Most Fun With Their Partner or Spouse