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Politics Survey

At Mid-Point in Campaign Ontario Liberals (49%) Hold Commanding Lead Over Governing Conservatives (35%)

NDP (12%) and Green Party (2%) Continue to Trail

Six in Ten (61%) Say It Is Time for a Change in Government

Eves (36%) Leads McGuinty (31%) for `Best Premier'
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Toronto - For Better or Worse?

One-Third (34%) of Torontonians Say They Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else Other Than Toronto - Up 12 Points Since 1992
But 60% Say While Generally Content, There Are Definitely Things They Don't Like About the City
Four in Ten (41%) Torontonians Say City Worse Place to Live Today than Five Years Ago as Satisfaction in Services Declines Significantly Over Past Decade
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Toronto: Crime and Safety in the City

Over Eight in Ten (85%) Torontonians Satisfied with Local Police Services, Just as Many (84%) Approve of Police Chief Fantino
Eight in Ten (78%) Would Feel Safe Walking Alone in Their Neighourhood After Dark
However, Four in Ten (43%) Very Concerned About Child Abductions in Their Neighbourhood
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Toronto: My City, My Neighbourhood, My Home

Nine in Ten (92%) Feel at Home in Toronto - 67% Strongly
One Quarter (24%) Feel Their Neighbourhood is a Better Place to Live Today than It Was Five Years Ago; Almost as Many (21%) Feel It Is Worse
Four in Ten (40%) Say It's Hard Making New Friends in Toronto, While 43% Say They Would Like to Get Together with Their Neighbours . . . But Never Have
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Leading Toronto: The Race for A New Mayor

Barbara Hall (44%) Leads Race to Replace Mel Lastman, by Large Margin Followed by Nunziata (15%), Tory (13%), Miller (12%) and Jakobek (4%)

Biggest Momentum to Hall and Miller, Jakobek Effectively Out of the Race for Votes

Galvanizing "Ballot Box" Issue to Get Votes Yet to Emerge
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Two-Thirds (66%) of Canadians Believe Blackout Result of Technical, Not Supply Problems - 61% in Ontario Agree

Seven in Ten (71%) Confident Electricity Companies Will Be Able to Sustain Demand Over the Next Number of Years, However Just 58% of Ontarians Concur
One in Three (34%) Willing to Pay More for Hydro In Order to Invest in a More Fail-Safe System - 42% in Ontario
Premier Eves (71% - 73% in Ontario) Leads List as Doing a `Good Job' During Blackout
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WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT:

Governing Conservatives Hold Steady (36%, +1 from June), However they Continue To Trail Liberals (49%, +1) by 13 Points

But Public Mixed on Eves Leadership

And Six in Ten (60%) Still Say it is Time for a Change in Government
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While Seven in Ten (71%) Canadians Agree Parliament, Not Courts, Should Make Laws in Canada. . .

Eight in Ten (78%) Agree That Courts Are Within Their Right to Issue Legally Binding Decisions That Are Based on Constitutional Grounds
But Slight Majority (54%) Feel That Judges in Canada Have Too Much Power
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Same-Sex Marriage: The Debate Enjoined

Majority (59%) of Canadians Oppose Church Directives to Politicians on Public Policy Issues
Majority (54%) Say Politicians Should Vote According to Wishes of Constituents, Not Own Conscience (39%) or Church Leaders (6%)
Canadians Split on Application of Word "Marriage" As Support for Concept of Same-Sex Marriage Slips from 54% to 49%