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The Cranium Fun Study:
Over Nine in Ten (95%) Canadians Believe Having Fun Leads to a Healthy, Successful Life, While Eight in Ten (80%) Say They Have Enough Fun in Their Own Life
Mike Myers (25%) and Jim Carrey (24%) Tie for Canada's Minister of Fun
One in Three (33%) Would Have Most Fun Playing a Board Game -
Parents (86%) Viewed by Ontarians as Most Important Factor in Development of Proper Social Values in Children
Half (52%) Believe Parental Encouragement and Involvement Contributes Most to Educational Success, Teachers (28%) Place Second
52% Believe All Schools Would Improve if Parents Could Freely Choose the School for Their Child -
Virtually All (98%) Parents Think it's Important to Ensure Children have Fun and Enjoy Reading
Eight in Ten (80%) Parents Use their Finger to Point to Words when Reading to Young Children
Harry Potter (11%), Winnie the Pooh (9%) and Caillou (7%) Top Characters That Parents Feel Their Children Would Want to Come to Life to Read to Them -
Eight in Ten (85%) Canadian Parents Concerned About Increase in Costs of a Post-Secondary Education
Total Cost of a Post-Secondary Education Estimated to be More than $50,000
Over Four in Ten (44%) Parents Expect to Split Costs with Child
Four in Ten (38%) Have a Registered Education Savings Plans for their Children -
One in Three (36%) Employed Canadians Keep in Contact with Work When on Vacation
Just Six in Ten (59%) Use Up All Their Vacation Days Each Year
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The 2003 Annual Dominion Institute Canada Day Poll: The Report Cards Are In
Annual Canadian History Quiz Sends Albertans (60%), British Columbians (57%) and Ontarians (56%) To Top of the Class . . . Atlantic Canadians (45%), Residents of Saskatchewan/Manitoba (40%) and Quebec (39%) Flunk
Overall, Half (50%) of Canadians Pass, Half Fail (50%)Quiz of Canada's Participation in World Organizations and Events Since World War II -
Canadians Take Hogwarts Express: 85% Say It's Great For Kids, At Least 4,500,000 Adult Muggles Have Read A Harry Potter Book
One In Six (16%) Send Potter A Howler And Say It Should Be Banned Because Of Witchcraft
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Two-Thirds (65%) of Ontarians `Very Concerned' that Qualified Students Will Be Unable to Attend a Publicly Funded Ontario University Due to Increased Fees or Lack of Space
Half (47%) Feel There Has Been a Decrease in Quality of Post-Secondary Education in Province Since 1995 . . . Province Split on Grading with 49% Giving Government Grades of `A', `B' or `C', While 48% Give Grade of `D' or Lower on Post-Secondary Education