Politics

Campbell (56%) Leads Clarke (29%) by Wide Margin in Race to be Vancouver's Next Mayor
Campbell (38%) Also Leads Clark (30%) in Top-of-Mind Awareness of Mayoral Candidates
Majority (55%) of Lower Mainland Residents Say It's Time for Change in City Council; Seven-in-Ten (72%) Vancouver Residents Want a Change
The Rest of the Lower Mainland also Prefers Campbell (43%) to Clarke (30%) as Mayor

NDP (14%) Retains Support while Green Party (6%) Makes Dent
A Majority (56%) Indicate It's `Time for a Change' While 37% Say Tories `Should be Re-elected'

Three-Quarters (76%) Also Approve Use of Unused, Extra In-Vitro Embryos in Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Disease

Two-Thirds (67%) Of BC Residents Think They Get Good Value For Local Tax Dollars
BC Residents Split When Given A Choice Between Higher Taxes (47%) Or Reduced Local Services (47%)
Very Slim Majority (54%) Of Lower Mainland Residents Think Local Government Doing Good Job At Balancing Growth And Livability
Majority Support (75%) for Off-Leash Parks

Education (18%), Transportation (17%), Crime (16%) And Health Care (15%) Top Municipal Issues
Four-In-Ten (44%) BC Residents Feeling Less Secure In Local Community
But, Eight-In-Ten Satisfied With Police Performance At Enforcing Laws (79%) And Preventing Crime (76%)

While Conservatives (15%), Alliance (15%) and NDP (13%) Continue to Trail Badly
The Green Party (4%) Shows Up on Radar Screen . . . Especially in British Columbia

However, Eight in Ten (78%) Believe Federal Government Needs to Spend More Time Investigating Cost, Impact of Accord Before Implementing It
71% Say It's Possible To Have a `Made In Canada' Solution That Would Cost the Economy A Lot Less

Eight-in-ten Calgarians approve of the job done by Mayor Bronconnier (84%) and City Council (81%)
A similar number say the Mayor (80%) and Council (76%) have either met or exceeded their expectations
A strong majority believe the Mayor and City Council are on the right track (87%) and the same number (87%) approve of their overall management of the City

However, Less than Half (43%) Would Approve of Sending Canadian Troops If United States Takes Military Action Against Iraq -- 55% Do Not Support Such a Move
If War with Iraq, 26% Blame Hussein, 19% Bush, Half (52%) Both
Canadians Split on Approval of President Bush on Job of President (46%) and His War on Terrorism (51%)