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Scandals and Controversy Have Little Immediate Impact on Political Support as Tories (37%) Maintain Large Lead Over NDP (29%), Liberals (23%)
Half (51%) Say Country on Right Track,
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Canadians Split on Whether Accusations of Robo-Call Conservative Conspiracy are True (50%) or Not (47%)
Four Percent (4%) of Canadians Strongly Believe they Received a Call During Election Campaign that Deliberately Tried to Confuse Them About Where to Vote
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Canadians (17%) More Likely Than Americans (3%) To Say War of 1812 Most Important War in Formation of Country's Identity
But Americans Slightly More Likely than Canadians to Say It's Important to Commemorate Event, Teach the War in School
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Most (74%) Canadians Believe Mexico Has `Serious Safety and Security Problem' in Tourist Destinations, Just One Quarter (26%) Think Recent Attacks are `Isolated Incidents'
Only Three in Ten (29%) Think Mexico is Safe for Canadians to
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Canadians Vote Royal Newlyweds Wills and Kate as Top International Newsmakers of 2011
Deceased Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi (17%), U.S. President Barack Obama (13%), Deceased Apple CEO Steve Jobs (13%) and Hollywood Star Charlie Sheen (6%) Complete the Top 5
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Canadians Say Death of Jack Layton (37%) was Top Canadian News Story of 2011
Royal Visit (13%), Vancouver Hockey Riots (9%), Federal Election (8%) and Occupy Protests (7%) Round out the Top-Five Stories
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Canadians Say Death of Osama Bin Laden (25%), Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (22%) Top International News Stories of 2011
Royal Wedding (19%) and European Debt Crisis (19%)
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Despite Having Majority Government, Canadians Perceive Less is Getting Done in Ottawa, Minority (46%) Believes Majority Government Working Well
Topping the "Getting Things Done" List Are Afghanistan (66%), Bolstering the Military (65%) and Crime (65%);
Bottom of List Includes Strengthening Pension System (39%), Climate Change (41%) and Elected Senate (45%)