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Canadian Baby Boomers Testing the Waters of New Technology
Not Early Adopters, Boomers (16%) Are Keeping the Pace With Younger Canadians (18%) When
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Buzz Around Justin Trudeau and Liberal Leadership Contest Creates Momentum, But Liberals (26%) Still Trail NDP (30%) and Conservatives (34%)
Liberals Make Strong Gains Among Ontarians (+8 pts.), Quebecers (+10 pts.), Middle-Aged (+9 pts.), Seniors (+12 pts.) and Women (+11 pts.) Since the Summer
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Majority of Canadians Support Adopting American-Style `Town-Hall' Debates (75%), More Televised Leaders Debates (65%), and More Referenda (59%), But Don't Want Political Action Committees (47%) or Removal of Spending Limits (25%)
Majority of Canadians (62%) Support Online Voting in Canada
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Nine in Ten (90%) Canadians Believe Barack Obama Will Retain Presidency and 86% Would Vote for Obama If They Could
84% Say Obama Better for Canada and Would Have a Better Relationship With Canadian Government (82%) than Rival Romney
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Only One in Ten (10%) Canadians Strongly Consider Themselves "Bilingual" in French and English
One in Ten (9%) Strongly Agree they could be Successful in a Job,
Read the Newspaper (11%) or Debate (7%) in the Other Official Language -
In Wake of XL Foods Recall, Concern over Food Safety in Canada Edges Higher (83%, + 6 points Since 2010), Trust in the Safety of Meat Products (77%, -9 points) Declines Significantly
Four in Ten (44%) Say Recall will Impact Their Beef Consumption over
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Six in Ten Canadians Strongly Agree that Heritage Minutes are a Good Way to Teach Canadians About Our History (63%) and Are Important Vehicles for Telling Canadian Stories (60%)
Canadians Favourite Minutes Include Jackie Robinson and the Halifax Explosion; Majority Want to See New Minutes Created by Emerging Canadian Filmmakers (58%) and Film Students (53%)
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Despite Growth in Digital Media, Canadian News Seekers Still Rely on Traditional Sources for Daily News
4 in 10 (39%) Canadians Highly Engaged `Newsies'
Whereas Majority (60%) Are More Casual, Remote -
Nine in Ten (86%) Think That Schools Should Invest Money in Better and New Technology to Help Teach Kids
Most (79%) Believe There's a Fine Balance Between New and Old Techniques