Politics

Ontarians (65%)Believe Size Of Deficit Is Real
Half (49%) Approve Of New Government Performance - Liberals Lead (51%) PC's (27%), NDP (16%), Green (6%) As Honeymoon Continues

Little Changes On Top-Line Vote Support Over Pre-Convention Sounding, But Regions Tell A Different Story.

Mayor Larry Campbell (68%) Outpaces Vancouver City Council (58%) But Both Enjoy Majority Job Approval

Safe Injection Site/Four Pillar Approach is their Biggest Achievement - Biggest Letdown is Dealing with Squatters/Homelessness/ Panhandlers - Olympics Cuts Both Ways

Majority Thinks Campbell and Council Too Soft on Panhandlers (55%), Property Crime (52%) and Squatters (51%)

Overall, Vancouverites Split on Whether City is Now in Better (25%), Worse (26%) or Same (48%) Shape

On November 17th, TransLink released the results of a poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid. The full question wording and results are provided in the accompanying data tables.

Electorate Give Paul Martin Time to Bide: Only 30% Say Call Election Immediately - 68% Say Later: Within a Year (41%) or Until 2005 (27%)
On Eight Issue Fronts, Canadians Express Modest Expectations of the New Prime Minister When Compared to Chrйtien Era- But Improved US Relations Top List

Hospital Beds, MRI/Cat Scans, Nurses, Tuition Freeze and Diversion of Gas Tax Rank as Top Big Ticket Promises Public Want Now . . . Others Can Wait

Slim Majorities Support Safe Injection Site (56%), Same-Sex Marriage (55%) And Decriminalizing Possession Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana (54%)

Miller (37%) Holds Lead Among Decided Voters with Tory (31%) in Second Spot
Meanwhile, Hall's (19%) Support Tumbles, Nunziata's (6%) Collapses and Jakobek (2%) Out of the Race

A Reader's Digest Sponsored Study Conducted by Ipsos-Reid