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Two-Thirds (66%) Believe Travellers Arriving In Canada From SARS Hot Spots Should be Quarantined and Canadians Should Not Be Allowed to Travel To These Regions. Millions of Canadians Changing Habits to Protect Themselves

Country Split as to Whether Iraqi People Will View U.S. Coalition As Liberators (48%) or Enemies (45%)

Canadians Divided on Length of War in Iraq - Half (47%)Believe Coalition Will Accomplish Regime Change by End of April, While Other Half (48%) Disagree -- 30%Say It Will Take More Than a Year
Majority (54%) Of Canadians Do Not Believe Iraq Will Be a Thriving Democracy 5 Years After the War
Nine in Ten (88%) Say Casualty Count Will Be High

Regional Differences Offer Sharp Contrasts

Now That War Has Started Majority (59%) of Canadians Glad Country Decided To Stay Out - But 45% Say Canada Should Now Join Military Effort

While Two-Thirds (67%) Say That Not Siding with United States Shows Canada as Independent on the World Stage, Half (47%) Feel We've Turned Our Back on Closest Friend, and Six in Ten (61%)Say Decision Will Have Serious Economic Consequences For Canada

Approval (56%) of Prime Minister's Handling of Iraq Situation Declines 10 Points In Week

48% Disapprove of the Mayor and City Council's Ability to Work Together to Address Important Issues

Calgarians Almost Twice as Likely to Blame Council (46%) Over the Mayor (25%) for Failing to Communicate and Cooperate with Each Other

Perception that the Mayor and City Council Are on the "Right Track" (74%) Has Dropped 13 Points Since October

Seven in Ten (69% versus 30%) Say Canada Should Stay Out of the Conflict

Majority (52% versus 45%) Oppose US Lead Military Action Against Iraq

Majority (54% versus 41%)Say President Doing Wrong Thing Regarding Iraq

Federal Liberals (37%) Maintain Lead Over Alliance (26%); NDP (17%) Drops 5 Points
Clark (57%) Tops in Approval - Ahead of Chrйtien (51%) and Harper (51%); Newcomer Layton Trails (41%)

BC Liberals (44%) Widen Lead over NDP (30%)

MacPhail (51%) Continues to Lead Campbell (42%) in Job Approval, But Campbell (47%) Beats MacPhail (32%) As Choice For Best Premier

Six in Ten (59%) Oppose American Military Action Outside of UN

Country Split as to American Attack (48%) Next Week or More Time (49%) In Offing Due to UN Pressure

Ontario Liberals (39%) Viewed As Party That Would Provide the Best Overall Government for Ontario, Followed by Conservatives (35%) and NDP (12%)

Liberals Seen As Best Party in Five of Twelve Areas, While Tories Tops in Four, NDP in One