Politics

Services For The Elderly, Medicare, Waste Disposal And Energy Top The List Of Greater Challenges Ahead

Half Of Canadians (54%) Think That Canada's Roads And Highways Are Becoming Less Safe; The Number Of Tractor-Trailer Trucks On Canada's Roads And Highways Is "A Problem" And Causes Drivers Stress; According To Canadians The Number Of Hours Truck Drivers Spend Driving A Week Are Too High

Canadians Split On Who Has Best Idea For Reforming Healthcare System
Half (52%) Disapprove Of Federal Government's Conditional Policy Towards Healthcare Funding
More Than Half (56%) Agree That If Healthcare Needs Not Met In A Timely Fashion They Should Be Allowed To Buy Private Care

Six In Ten (59%) Say It's Not Likely That P.M. And Premiers Will Reach Healthcare Funding Agreement
Premiers (51%) More Trusted By Canadians Than P.M. (32%) To Provide Best Healthcare
Only 18% Think Televising Summit Will Make Meeting Less Productive - 39% Say More Productive, 42% No Impact

Ontario PCs Have Slim Lead (35%) Over Liberals (32%), NDP (24%) And Green (8%)
Disapproval Of Premier McGuinty's Performance Climbs From 46% In April To 61% -- Only 29% Approve Of Premier's Performance
Half (52%) Say Liberals Have Ontario "Wrong Track", 42% Say "Right Track"

Most Albertans Say Healthcare (87%) And Public Education (kindergarten to grade 12) (85%) Are "Very Important" Issues Facing Alberta Today

Half (53%) Say Public Services Provided By The Alberta Government Have "Worsened" Over The Past Ten Years, While 19% Say They Have "Improved"

Just Over Nine-In-Ten (93%) Albertans Feel Providing More Funding To Public Services (such as education and healthcare) Should Be A Priority For The Provincial Government

Job Approval For Chief Down From 78% In 2002 To 65% Today
Torontonians Not Impressed With How City Leaders Have Handled The Affair

One Year After the 2003 Blackout, A Minority of Ontarians (43%) Feel Secure About the Future of Canada's Electricity Supply
Most Ontarians (61%) and Canadians Nationwide (56%) believe that Canada's Electricity Supply Should Include a Mix of Many Sources--Including Nuclear Energy

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