Government

Majority of 14 Countries Polled Want Leaders To Be Less Supportive of American Positions

Only (40%) Approve of United States Taking Military Action to Oust Saddam Hussein

Two-Thirds (64%) Say Canada Should Provide Military Assistance Only Via UN, 15% Say with U.S. on its Own

Telling the Truth: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Who Canadians Believe, Their Views on the Bush Administration, Americans and the Threat to World Peace

While British Columbians Split Over Whether Premier Gordon Campbell Should Resign (50%) or Stay On (48%) in Wake of Drinking and Driving Charge...

Six in Ten (62%) Accept His Apology and 56% Say the Incident Does Not Reflect on His Ability To Make Decisions as Premier

Meanwhile, Support for BC Liberals (41%) and Campbell's Approval Rating (38%) Hold Steady

But, Three Quarters (74%) Say Campbell is a Hypocrite and 55% Say He Has Lost the Moral Authority to Lead

Eves Viewed as Leader That Would Make Best Premier (42%)
Government Receives High Marks on Handling of Hydro

One-in-Three (32%) BC Households a Victim of Crime in Past Two Years; Vast Majority (86%) of Crimes Reported to Police

Seven-in-Ten (71%) BC Residents Thinks Courts and Justice System Too Soft on Law Breakers

Residents Split on How to Get Tougher; Longer Sentences (33%), Community Service (30%), Financial Compensation (30%)

Majority (60%) of British Columbians Willing to Pay More Taxes to Hire More Police Officers

Six-in-Ten (61%) Support a Safe Injection Site in the City of Vancouver; Majority (55%) Thinks Site Will Improve Drug Problem in Downtown Eastside

Six-in-Ten (63%) Prefer Multiple Sites to a Single Site (19%)

Strong Majority (81%) Supports Mandatory Treatment; Much Lower Support for Age Limits (39%) or Providing Free Drugs (41%)

Half (50%) of Lower Mainland Residents Outside City of Vancouver Would Support a Site in Their Own Municipality

Followed by Canadian Alliance (15%), Progressive Conservatives (13%), and NDP (10%)
Alliance (26%) Tops the List as Party that Would Provide the `Worst Overall Government for Canada', followed by the NDP (22%), the Liberals (19%), and the Tories (12%)
In Individual Policy Areas, Liberals Seen as the Party that Would Do the Best Job

BC Liberal (44%) Support Stable as NDP (31%) Reaches Five Year High; Green Party (17%) and BC Unity (5%) Trail

MacPhail (49%) Continues to Lead Campbell (37%) in Job Approval

Federal Liberals (35%) Still Party to Beat in BC; Alliance (25%) and NDP (22%) Battling for Second Place

Joe Clark (51%) Tops Other Federal Leaders in Job Approval

Despite Issues with Gun Registry, Federal Liberals (41%) Remain Most Popular Party
While Conservatives (17%), Alliance (16%), NDP (12%) and Green Party (6%) Trail Behind