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Concern Over SARS (36%) Plummets
Poll Taken in Wake of Lifting of W.H.O. Toronto Travel Ban Shows Country Gives Sigh of Relief
Majorities Give Thumbs Up to Those Involved in SARS Issue... From Frontline to World Health Organization -
Canadians' Concern of Contracting SARS (51%) Decreases 10 Points Since Beginning of April
Concern Lower in All Regions and Among All Demographic Groups - Ontario Records a Decline of 13 points Moving From 69% to 56%
Seven in Ten (70%)Canadians Say Their Provincial Governments and Public Health Offices Have Done Best Job They Can To Protect Public From SARS
However, Half (51%) are Alarmed that Governments and Healthcare Officials Have Not Taken Enough Steps To Contain the SARS Outbreak -
McGuinty's Ontario Liberals Lead (48%) As Eves' Tories (31%) Fall to Lowest Level of Support Since Pre-1995 Election, Hampton's NDP Trails (16%)
Eves (35%) and McGuinty (32%) Vie for Who Would Make the Best Premier with Hampton Distant (19%)
Two Thirds (64%) Say McGuinty Would Do a Good Job as Premier Compared to Eves (58%) and Hampton (48%) -
Biz Buzz: Who's Following the News and Especially Business News?
The Where's, What's and How's of Business News: What's Most Thorough, Reliable and Trustworthy . . .
And After Taking the Pulse Seven Months Ago, Where are Canadians and Investors At, In a Post-Enron/WorldCom World? -
Healthcare Funding: Assessing the Federal and Provincial Positions
Two-Thirds (67%) Agree With Provincial Position, Almost As Many (62%) Agree With Federal Position
But When Push Comes To Shove, The Nod Goes To The Premiers (51%) -
86% of Canadian CEOs Bullish That Their Business Has What It Takes To Compete in a Global Marketplace - Up from 76% in 2001
But Only 40% Say It's Time To Expand Into New Markets Rather Than Solidify Current Market
Top Priorities For CEOs: Ensuring Long-Term Company Financial Health; Increasing Productivity And Performance Improvement; Attracting And Retaining High Calibre Employees -
What Younger Canadians (18 to 34) Want As Gifts This Holiday Season for the World and Themselves
World Peace (36%) Tops Global Wish List, Spending Time with Friends/Family (14%) and Personal Happiness (14%) Top Emotional Wish List, While a New Car (19%) Top Material Gift Wish List
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Three Quarters (74%) Of Canadians Say It Is Reasonable That Governments Develop A Plan For Healthcare System Within 100 Days Of The Release Of The Romanow Report
However, Confidence Is Mixed On What Such A Plan Will Deliver.
Almost All (97%) Canadians Say it is Important that Governments Actively Involve Heath Care Professionals in Developing Plan to Renew Health System -
Awaiting Romanow: Priorities for Healthcare Spending
Top Priorities For Healthcare are Waiting Lists for MRIs/CAT-Scans (63%), Homecare (49%), Primary Healthcare Services (44%), and Prevention Services (42%) According to Canadians
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Nine in Ten (88%) Say New Taxes Unnecessary for Healthcare -- Just Need to Spend Current Healthcare Money More Efficiently
Two-Thirds (65%) Indicate User Fees, More Private Money in Canadian Healthcare System Not Needed
Six in Ten (61%) Think Federal Government Should Implement Romanow Recommendations Even if It Means a Slight Tax Increase