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Nine in Ten (91%) Managers and Supervisors Agree It's Important to Improve Their Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Three-quarters (73%) Have No Significant Strength in Any of the Four Key Skills Used for Managing Emotions

While a Majority of Canadians Feel Informed on the Issue of HIV/AIDS, They're Less Informed Now (57%, -13 pts.) Compared to Five Years Ago (70%)

Less Canadians (34%, - 25 pts.) Believe HIV/AIDS to be an International Emergency, While More (54%, +18 pts) Think Calling the Disease a `Pandemic' is an Exaggeration

Four in Five (84%) Managers and Supervisors Believe It's Part of Their Job to Intervene With Employees Who Are Showing Signs of Depression

One in Three (31%) Have Had Training to Deal with Depressed Employees; Over Six in Ten (63%) Would Like to Receive Better Training

Canadians Say Parliament's Focus Should be on Healthcare (68%), Job Creation (66%) and Scaling Back MP Pensions (56%) as Top Priorities

If They Were Community Planning Boss, Ontarians Would Increase Active Transportation for their Communities with More Emphasis on Public Transit (73%) and Cyclists (60%)

Four in Ten (38%) Retired Boomers Say They Didn't Retire at a Time of Their Choosing; Most (85%) Pre-Retired Boomers Think They'll Pick a Time of Their Choosing

One-in-Five (20%) Retired Boomers Knew One Month Before Actual Retirement; Four in Ten (42%) Had Less Than Six Months Notice

Two-Thirds (67%) of Canadians Are Familiar With Arthritis; Vast Majority (90%) Correctly Agree That Joint Pain Affects All Ages

Despite Awareness, Some (44%) Incorrectly Believe Joint Pain Primarily Affects Older People; One-Quarter (27%) Would Not View Joint Pain as a Health Priority If They Had It

Health: The Great Divide Between Lower and Higher Income Canadians

Nearly half (46%) of Canadian households earning less than $30,000 per year `agree' that as a result of the economic downturn they have spent less time, energy and money sustaining their health, a stark difference compared to nineteen percent among those earning $60,000 or more a year

Two in Ten (18%) Canadians Have No Supplementary Health Coverage

Four in Ten (36%) Have Personally Gone Without Healthcare Treatment
Due to Insufficient Coverage

Majority (53%) of Canadians Prefer Mixed-Model Healthcare, with Services Offered by Both the Public and Private Sectors

Nearly Half (46%) of Canadians Support Doctors being Permitted to Work in a Private System