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Municipal Issues In BC: Growth And Taxes
Two-Thirds (67%) Of BC Residents Think They Get Good Value For Local Tax Dollars
BC Residents Split When Given A Choice Between Higher Taxes (47%) Or Reduced Local Services (47%)
Very Slim Majority (54%) Of Lower Mainland Residents Think Local Government Doing Good Job At Balancing Growth And Livability
Majority Support (75%) for Off-Leash Parks -
Municipal Issues In BC: Security And Policing
Education (18%), Transportation (17%), Crime (16%) And Health Care (15%) Top Municipal Issues
Four-In-Ten (44%) BC Residents Feeling Less Secure In Local Community
But, Eight-In-Ten Satisfied With Police Performance At Enforcing Laws (79%) And Preventing Crime (76%) -
With a New Throne Speech, Chretien Liberals Notch Up (44%) and Remain Most Popular Party
While Conservatives (15%), Alliance (15%) and NDP (13%) Continue to Trail Badly
The Green Party (4%) Shows Up on Radar Screen . . . Especially in British Columbia -
Support (74%) for Kyoto Accord Softens Since June (86%) but Remains Strong
However, Eight in Ten (78%) Believe Federal Government Needs to Spend More Time Investigating Cost, Impact of Accord Before Implementing It
71% Say It's Possible To Have a `Made In Canada' Solution That Would Cost the Economy A Lot Less -
SME Growth Study: A Canada/US Perspective
Study Refered to in Speach by Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, RBC Financial Group
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Eight in Ten (84%) Canadians Believe Queen Elizabeth II has Done a Good Job as Monarch, However, Canadians Split on Future Role of Monarchy When Queen's Reign Ends
48% Believe Canada Should End Formal Ties While 51% Disagree
If Formal Tie to Monarchy Ends, An Elected Governor General with Limited Responsibilities (39%) or a Republic with Prime Minister as Official Head of State (37%) Top Choices to Replace Monarch -
Approaching First Year Anniversary, Calgarians Give Mayor And Council Top Marks
Eight-in-ten Calgarians approve of the job done by Mayor Bronconnier (84%) and City Council (81%)
A similar number say the Mayor (80%) and Council (76%) have either met or exceeded their expectations
A strong majority believe the Mayor and City Council are on the right track (87%) and the same number (87%) approve of their overall management of the City -
A Majority (56%) Believe Saddam Hussein Represents Real Threat To World Peace
However, Less than Half (43%) Would Approve of Sending Canadian Troops If United States Takes Military Action Against Iraq -- 55% Do Not Support Such a Move
If War with Iraq, 26% Blame Hussein, 19% Bush, Half (52%) Both
Canadians Split on Approval of President Bush on Job of President (46%) and His War on Terrorism (51%) -
2010 Winter Games Bid Enjoys Strong Public Support
82% of Canadians Support Vancouver's Bid for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
67% of British Columbians Support Vancouver's Bid for the 2010 Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games