Politics

Majority (52%) of Liberal Supporters Give Party Mandate On Platform . . . Not Just Throwing Tories Out (36%)

If Finances Worse Than Expected, Six in Ten (59%) Say Liberals Should Make Their Platform Promises Work Within Current Provincial Revenue, not Through Increased Taxes (18%) or Increased Deficit (11%)

While NDP (12%, Unchanged) and Green Party (4%, +2 Points) Continue to Trail

Eves (34%) and McGuinty (31%) Close As to Who Is Expected to Win Debate

However, Six in Ten (60%) Continue to Desire Change in Government As Liberals Appear Poised to Form Majority Government Barring Significant Gaffe Between Now and Election Day

BC Liberals (45%) Retain Solid Lead Over NDP (31%) and Green Party (17%)

MacPhail (53%) Continues to Lead Campbell (39%) in Job Approval

NDP (12%) and Green Party (2%) Continue to Trail

Six in Ten (61%) Say It Is Time for a Change in Government

Eves (36%) Leads McGuinty (31%) for `Best Premier'

One-Third (34%) of Torontonians Say They Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else Other Than Toronto - Up 12 Points Since 1992
But 60% Say While Generally Content, There Are Definitely Things They Don't Like About the City
Four in Ten (41%) Torontonians Say City Worse Place to Live Today than Five Years Ago as Satisfaction in Services Declines Significantly Over Past Decade

Over Eight in Ten (85%) Torontonians Satisfied with Local Police Services, Just as Many (84%) Approve of Police Chief Fantino
Eight in Ten (78%) Would Feel Safe Walking Alone in Their Neighourhood After Dark
However, Four in Ten (43%) Very Concerned About Child Abductions in Their Neighbourhood

Nine in Ten (92%) Feel at Home in Toronto - 67% Strongly
One Quarter (24%) Feel Their Neighbourhood is a Better Place to Live Today than It Was Five Years Ago; Almost as Many (21%) Feel It Is Worse
Four in Ten (40%) Say It's Hard Making New Friends in Toronto, While 43% Say They Would Like to Get Together with Their Neighbours . . . But Never Have

Barbara Hall (44%) Leads Race to Replace Mel Lastman, by Large Margin Followed by Nunziata (15%), Tory (13%), Miller (12%) and Jakobek (4%)

Biggest Momentum to Hall and Miller, Jakobek Effectively Out of the Race for Votes

Galvanizing "Ballot Box" Issue to Get Votes Yet to Emerge

Seven in Ten (71%) Confident Electricity Companies Will Be Able to Sustain Demand Over the Next Number of Years, However Just 58% of Ontarians Concur
One in Three (34%) Willing to Pay More for Hydro In Order to Invest in a More Fail-Safe System - 42% in Ontario
Premier Eves (71% - 73% in Ontario) Leads List as Doing a `Good Job' During Blackout