Politics


Politics Survey

Three Quarters (75%) Believe U.S. Unjustified In Deporting Maher Arar

Half (52%) Believe Security Forces Targeting Arabs
Majority (62%) Believe Terrorists Operating in Canada, But Almost Three Quarters (72%)Confident No Terrorist Attack In Canada In Next Two Years
Politics Survey

Canadians Moderately Hopeful About Future With Martin Government

But, Do Not See Big Change From Past Liberal Governments
Politics Survey

Canadians Are Divided On Big Federal Issues

Slim Majority Want to See Gun Registry Scrapped

Canadians Are Split About Same Sex Marriage

Martin's Healthcare Plans Receive Tepid Endorsement
Politics Survey

Out Of The Gate: Impressions Of The New Conservative Party Leadership Race: A Race of Unknowns

New Conservative Party Stalled at 19% - But Liberals Maintain Commanding Lead With 48%, NDP 16%, Bloc 10%, Green 4%
Canadians Split on Whether Martin Should Call
an Election This Spring
Politics Survey

Majority (71%) Of Canadians Think Canada Did "Right Thing" By Not Supporting U.S. In War Against Saddam Hussein

Half (48%) Still Oppose The War, Half (47%) Think U.S. "Made A Mistake"
Canadians Split On Forum For Saddam Hussein Fair Trial But Prefer International Option (58%)
Politics Survey

Seven in Ten (71%) Say United States Not Justified In Refusing Contracts to Canada

In Post Saddam Capture, Most (55%) Feel Canada Should Not Change Its Level of Support For U.S. In Iraq
Canadians Split on Whether the United States is Heading in "Right Direction"
But, Most (60%) Believe Canada-U.S. Relations Will Improve Under Martin Government
Politics Survey

NDP Closing The Gap In British Columbia

NDP (37%, up 6 points) Steal Support From BC Liberals (41%, down 4 points) and Green Party (14%, down 3 points)

Two-Thirds (64%) Have No Impression Of New NDP Leader Carole James; 23% Positive - 10% Negative

Gordon Campbell Matches His Lowest Approval Rating As Premier (37%, down 2 points)
Politics Survey

Life Is Good In The Lower Mainland

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
Politics Survey

New Conservative Party Starts At 21%--Highest Level Of Support For Opposition Party, With Exception Of 2000 Election, Since 1993

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