Politics

By Nearly Two-to-One Margin, British Columbians think Province Now in Worse Shape than Better Shape

Public Thinks Higher Income British Columbians and Large Corporations Better Off - Lower Income Residents Worse Off

BC Liberals Continue To Lead, But Half Of Liberals Only Supporting Party Because There Is No Reasonable Alternative

Three-Quarters Say It Would Make No Difference If Joy MacPhail Replaced As NDP Leader

However, Majority (53%) Feel Change Will Make Fighting Drug Dealers and Drug Trade Harder for Police
Half (51%)Believe Change Will Increase Number of Teenagers Smoking Pot

Poll Taken in Wake of Lifting of W.H.O. Toronto Travel Ban Shows Country Gives Sigh of Relief

Majorities Give Thumbs Up to Those Involved in SARS Issue... From Frontline to World Health Organization

Alliance (14%), Conservatives (13%), NDP (10%) and Green Party (4%) Trail Far Behind

Former Finance Minister Paul Martin (43%) Selected as Best Possible Prime Minister - Far Outdistancing John Manley (12%), Stephen Harper (9%), Sheila Copps (7%), Jack Layton (6%) and Peter McKay (5%)

Concern Lower in All Regions and Among All Demographic Groups - Ontario Records a Decline of 13 points Moving From 69% to 56%

Seven in Ten (70%)Canadians Say Their Provincial Governments and Public Health Offices Have Done Best Job They Can To Protect Public From SARS

However, Half (51%) are Alarmed that Governments and Healthcare Officials Have Not Taken Enough Steps To Contain the SARS Outbreak

Eves (35%) and McGuinty (32%) Vie for Who Would Make the Best Premier with Hampton Distant (19%)

Two Thirds (64%) Say McGuinty Would Do a Good Job as Premier Compared to Eves (58%) and Hampton (48%)

Half (47%) of Americans Believe Canada Supports U.S. in Iraq While 44% Say They Don't. One Quarter (26%) of Americans Avoiding Canadian Products and Services -- But 17% Buying More (Net Effect: -9 Points). But, if Americans Hear Canada Doesn't Support U.S. in Iraq, Potential Boycott Factor Rises to 40% (as Buying More Drops to 8% -- Net Effect: -- 32 Points)

Nationally, Equal Numbers Support (48%) and Oppose (48%) the U.S. Led Military Action Against Iraq

However, A Majority (54%)of English Canada Now Support War While Just 29% In Quebec Do

Half (51%) of Canadians Support Offering Help to Coalition -- Six in Ten (58%) in English Canada Support Move Compared to 28% in Quebec

Two-Thirds (66%) Believe Travellers Arriving In Canada From SARS Hot Spots Should be Quarantined and Canadians Should Not Be Allowed to Travel To These Regions. Millions of Canadians Changing Habits to Protect Themselves