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Residents Of The Lower Mainland (96%) Overwhelmingly Say Their Quality Of Life Is Good

One Third (34%) Expect Their Economic Situation To Improve Over The Next Year And Seven In Ten (70%) Say They Will Be Better Off 10 Years From Now

Ipsos-Reid's "Hope Index" Shows Lower Mainland Is Just As Hopeful As Canada - Lower Than The U.S. But Higher Than France

Transportation (38%) Is Still Number One Concern

But Liberals Sill Have Commanding Lead With 48%, NDP At 14%, Bloc 9%, Green 4%...As 62% Say New Party Unlikely To Defeat Martin's Liberals
Half Of Canadians (52%) Expect New PM To Shake Things Up In Ottawa--Most Say It's For The Good

Ontarians (65%)Believe Size Of Deficit Is Real
Half (49%) Approve Of New Government Performance - Liberals Lead (51%) PC's (27%), NDP (16%), Green (6%) As Honeymoon Continues

Little Changes On Top-Line Vote Support Over Pre-Convention Sounding, But Regions Tell A Different Story.

Mayor Larry Campbell (68%) Outpaces Vancouver City Council (58%) But Both Enjoy Majority Job Approval

Safe Injection Site/Four Pillar Approach is their Biggest Achievement - Biggest Letdown is Dealing with Squatters/Homelessness/ Panhandlers - Olympics Cuts Both Ways

Majority Thinks Campbell and Council Too Soft on Panhandlers (55%), Property Crime (52%) and Squatters (51%)

Overall, Vancouverites Split on Whether City is Now in Better (25%), Worse (26%) or Same (48%) Shape

On November 17th, TransLink released the results of a poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid. The full question wording and results are provided in the accompanying data tables.

Electorate Give Paul Martin Time to Bide: Only 30% Say Call Election Immediately - 68% Say Later: Within a Year (41%) or Until 2005 (27%)
On Eight Issue Fronts, Canadians Express Modest Expectations of the New Prime Minister When Compared to Chrйtien Era- But Improved US Relations Top List

Hospital Beds, MRI/Cat Scans, Nurses, Tuition Freeze and Diversion of Gas Tax Rank as Top Big Ticket Promises Public Want Now . . . Others Can Wait

Slim Majorities Support Safe Injection Site (56%), Same-Sex Marriage (55%) And Decriminalizing Possession Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana (54%)