Government

Ontario Provincial Grits Slide To 45% (Down 11 Points
Since November)
60% Of Ontarians Say Provincial Government Has No Clear Plan And Is Managing Day To Day
More (46%)Ontarians Disapprove Of Premier McGuinty's Performance Than Approve (43%)
Six In Ten Ontarians (62%) Say Liberals Can Run A Deficit As Long As They Pay It Off And Balance Books By End Of Their Term, And Most (49% vs. 43%) Indicate Taxpayers Protection Act Can Be Eschewed

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Lowest Level of Liberal Support Since September 1993 As Momentum for Liberal Party and Martin Drags, Other Leaders and Parties Get Boost
Seat Model Projection Indicates If Election Held Tomorrow, Liberals Would Form Minority Government with 144-148 Seats, Conservatives with 82-86, NDP with 19-23, Bloc with 55-59

Canadians Reject Private Sector Funding Of Some Key Public Sector Areas

Canadians Support Policy Independence From US Canadians

Twice as Many Residents Would Rather See Their Property Tax Increase (60%) as Opposed to Cutting Services (29%) There is Bare Support For Alternative Forms of Revenue Such as Gambling (56%), User Fees (51%) - Even Fewer (40%) Support Increased Pay ParkingSeven-in-Ten (70%) Say They Receive "Good Value" For Their Municipal Tax Dollars and 83% Are Satisfied With Quality of Programs and Services They Receive

Federal Party Leaders Run "Even" With Their Parties Canadians Split As To Whether Paul Martin Should Call An Election This Spring

While Residents Think Crime Is Becoming A More Serious Problem, They're Not More Personally Worried About Being A Victim