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Canadians Expect To Spend $1.1 Billion For Gifts Online During 2002, Continuing Growth Of Online Spending In Canada
23% Of Internet Users Plan To Purchase A Gift Online This Holiday Season, But Most Are Experienced Internet Users
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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 -
Lotus Awards Poll
Only 28% Of British Columbians Say They Watch TV Ads, And Only 32% Of Advertising Viewed Is Generally Rated In The "Good" or "Excellent" Category
But Consumers Also Love Great Advertising, As 51% Agree They Often Talk About Good TV Ads, And 26% Have Tuned Into Advertising Awards Shows -
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