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Ipsos-Reid Fires Back at Critics on Kyoto Polling

Ipsos-Reid Retains Legal Counsel, Demands Immediate Retraction and Apology by Environmental Activist, Bob Hunter, On Comments Made About Its Polling On Kyoto Accord

Canadians Divided on Kyoto Ratification

Canadians are Evenly Split on Whether Canada Should Withdraw from Kyoto and Develop a "Made in Canada" Plan (45%) or Ratify the Protocol (44%)

But Big East/West Divide Over Whether Canada Should Withdraw (40%/57%) or Ratify (49%/33%)

Awareness of Kyoto Increases to 69% from 58% in Mid-September

Jack Webster Awards Poll (2 of 2)

British Columbians Select Softwood Lumber Dispute as Top BC News Story of Past Year

Glen Clark's Trial a Runaway Winner as Most Over-Rated BC News Story of Past Year

Ontario Liberals (45%) Ride High while Tory (33%) Vote Plummets For New Eves' Administration (Down from 42%)

NDP (14%) Retains Support while Green Party (6%) Makes Dent
A Majority (56%) Indicate It's `Time for a Change' While 37% Say Tories `Should be Re-elected'

Jack Webster Awards Poll (1 of 2)

9-In-10 Acknowledge Importance Of Media To Society, But Public Divided On Relevance And Balance Of BC's Media
Jack Webster's Legacy Lives On In BC
3-In-4 British Columbians Heard Of Him, And Know What He's Renowned For

Six in Ten (61%) Canadians Approve Creation of Cloned Human Embryos for Collecting Stem Cells

Three-Quarters (76%) Also Approve Use of Unused, Extra In-Vitro Embryos in Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Disease

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