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New Conservative Party Starts At 21%--Highest Level Of Support For Opposition Party, With Exception Of 2000 Election, Since 1993
But Liberals Sill Have Commanding Lead With 48%, NDP At 14%, Bloc 9%, Green 4%...As 62% Say New Party Unlikely To Defeat Martin's Liberals
Half Of Canadians (52%) Expect New PM To Shake Things Up In Ottawa--Most Say It's For The Good -
Post Convention Poll Has Grits at 43% (down from pre-convention 46%) as NDP Gains (15%) - Tories (14%), Alliance (10%), Bloc (9%), Green (5%) Trail
Little Changes On Top-Line Vote Support Over Pre-Convention Sounding, But Regions Tell A Different Story.
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Vancouver Mayor And Council - One Year Review
Mayor Larry Campbell (68%) Outpaces Vancouver City Council (58%) But Both Enjoy Majority Job Approval
Safe Injection Site/Four Pillar Approach is their Biggest Achievement - Biggest Letdown is Dealing with Squatters/Homelessness/ Panhandlers - Olympics Cuts Both Ways
Majority Thinks Campbell and Council Too Soft on Panhandlers (55%), Property Crime (52%) and Squatters (51%)
Overall, Vancouverites Split on Whether City is Now in Better (25%), Worse (26%) or Same (48%) Shape -
Consumer Economic Confidence Remains High
Home Purchase Intentions (14% Likely to Buy) and Near Record Low Job Anxiety (18%) Drive Economic Outlook
One-Year Outlook on Canadian Economy Highest Since April 2003, Matches Robust Numbers in July 2000
Ipsos-Reid Canadian Economic Confidence Index Up 0.74 Points Since August to 113.07 -
Heading Into Leaders Debate, Ontario Liberals (50%, +1 Point) Continue To Hold Decisive Lead Over Conservatives (33%, -2 Points) . . .
While NDP (12%, Unchanged) and Green Party (4%, +2 Points) Continue to Trail
Eves (34%) and McGuinty (31%) Close As to Who Is Expected to Win Debate
However, Six in Ten (60%) Continue to Desire Change in Government As Liberals Appear Poised to Form Majority Government Barring Significant Gaffe Between Now and Election Day -
Same Old, Same Old In BC Politics
BC Liberals (45%) Retain Solid Lead Over NDP (31%) and Green Party (17%)
MacPhail (53%) Continues to Lead Campbell (39%) in Job Approval -
At Mid-Point in Campaign Ontario Liberals (49%) Hold Commanding Lead Over Governing Conservatives (35%)
NDP (12%) and Green Party (2%) Continue to Trail
Six in Ten (61%) Say It Is Time for a Change in Government
Eves (36%) Leads McGuinty (31%) for `Best Premier' -
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT:
Governing Conservatives Hold Steady (36%, +1 from June), However they Continue To Trail Liberals (49%, +1) by 13 Points
But Public Mixed on Eves Leadership
And Six in Ten (60%) Still Say it is Time for a Change in Government -
Economic Confidence Remains High Despite Reports Of Economic Woe
Expectations About Interest Rates, Home Purchase Intentions, Job Security, and Personal Economic Forecasting Fuel Continued Robust Consumer Economic Confidence
Three-Quarters (73%) Say Overall State of Canadian Economy is "Good," One-Third (32%) Think it will Improve
Ipsos-Reid Canadian Economic Confidence Index Jumps Another 3 Points to Highest Level of 116.88 Since August 2002 -
The Ipsos-Reid Canadian Monthly Economic Confidence Indicator
Expectations About Interest Rates and Job Security Fuel Robust Consumer Economic Confidence
Three-Quarters (74%) Say Overall State of Canadian Economy is "Good," Fears of Interest Rate Increase Drop, Job Anxiety Near Record Lows (20%)
Ipsos-Reid Canadian Economic Confidence Index Jumps 14 Points to Highest Level of 113.71 Since August 2002