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Rating Possible BC NDP Leadership Contenders

Mike Farnworth Rates Best; Adrian Dix and Corky Evans Also Viewed Positively

The Big Shift: Canada in the 21st Century

The recession that crippled our neighbour to the South, and is now paralyzing much of Europe, mostly passed us by.

With Less Than a Year to Ontario Election, Hudak's Progressive Conservatives (41%) Open Gulf Over McGuinty's Liberals (32%)

NDP (20%) and Green Party (7%) Trail

Majority (53%) of Canadians Support Decision to Stay in Afghanistan for Training Mission, But Most (61%) Say Parliament Should Debate and Vote on Mission

Yawn: Same Old, Same Old

Conservative (35%) and Liberal (29%) Support Remains Unchanged Since End of September,
And Effectively Unchanged Over Past Four and a Half Years

Rating Possible BC Liberal Leadership Contenders

Dianne Watts and Carole Taylor are Early Public Favourites

Canadians Split on Best Direction for Canada as Competing Political Narratives Divide Country

One Half (50%) Support Policies Centred on Economy, Fiscal Management and Reducing Spending, Deficit, Debt and Taxation; Other Half (50%) Supports Policies Focused on Investing in Social Programs and
Stimulating Economy through Government Spending

Harper (43%) Continues to Best Layton (33%) and Ignatieff (24%) as Man Who Canadians Say Would Make Best Prime Minister of Canada

Ignatieff Fails to Beat Layton in Any Positive Leadership Attribute Studied, Including Best Prime Minister

Despite Shakeups in City Halls Across the Country, Most (63%) Canadians Predict `The Same' Outcome from Their Municipal Leaders

While One Quarter (25%) Believes Their New Municipal Government Will Be Better Able to Provide the Local City Services They Need,
One in Ten (12%) Fear They'll be Worse Off

Half (51%) of Canadians Believe Khadr Should Serve All (25%) or Some (26%) of his Sentence in Canada

But Seven in Ten (69%) Believe Khadr is Probably Guilty and Plea Bargain is Too Generous