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Seven in Ten (72%) Canadians are Concerned About Access to Special Needs Education
Half (47%) Believe Special-Needs Students Are Not Being Well-Served by the Public-Education System
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Most (86%) Canadians are Concerned About Public Elementary School Children's Performance in Reading, Writing, and Math
Three-quarters (75%) Agree that Standardized Testing is a Good Way to Measure and Compare Performance of Students Against Other Provinces and Jurisdictions
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If Quebec Proceeds with Sovereignty Referendum and "Yes" Wins, Majority (57%) of Canadians Outside Quebec Would Negotiate Outright Breakup, Not Political or Economic Association (43%)
Majority of Quebecers (55%) and Those in Rest of Canada (67%) Say "Clear Majority" for Winning Referendum Should be No Less than 66%
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Two-thirds (68%) of Canadians are Concerned about Labour Unrest Related to the Elementary Public-School System; Majority (71%) Agree Teachers Should Not Have the Right to Strike
Canadians Support Arts, Special Needs and Language-Based Schools,
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Canadians Give Overall State of Public Elementary School System Mediocre Marks
Six in Ten (58%) Believe Private-School Education is Better than Public School Education; Two-thirds (63%) Would Send Their Children to Private School if Money was no Concern
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Two Thirds (64%) of Canadians Say Canada's Olympic Team Met (58%) or Exceeded (6%) Their Expectations
Seven in Ten (69%) are Satisfied with Team Canada's Medal Count, Almost All (95%) are Proud of the Individual Athletes who Represented Canada at the Olympics
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Six in Ten (58%) Working Canadians `Agree' that if they Lost Their Job, They Could Find Work in Their Field with Comparable Pay; Four in Ten (42%) Could Find Comparable Pay in a Different Field
Two-Thirds (66%) of Workers of All Ages Say they Work Just as Hard as they did When They Were Younger
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Majority `Agree' Older Workers Bring Experience/Insight (93%) and are More Loyal and Reliable than Younger Workers (78%)
Canadians Assess Workplace Stereotypes
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Three-Quarters (74%) of Canadians Think that Workplaces Discriminate Against Older Workers who are Looking for Jobs; Half (51%) Feel Similarly About Young Workers
Young Canadians Most Likely to Say They've Been the Victim of Age Discrimination at Work or in an Interview