Politics


Politics Survey

BC Business Leaders See Green Lights Ahead on the Road to Recovery

61% Of C-suite executives in BC expect business to improve in 2010
High tech (29%), tourism (25%) and green energy/clean technology (16%) are the sectors likely
to drive the most economic activity and jobs in BC
Politics Survey

Harper's Conservatives Hold Tenuous Lead
Amidst Haiti's Troubled Times

Tories (34%) Lead Liberals (31%) By 3 Points Nationally,
Tied in Key Battleground of Ontario
Politics Survey

McGuinty Liberals (38%) End 2009 Seven Points Down from Where they Started

New Leaders Hudak (PC's 34%), Horwath (NDP 15%) and Schreiner (Green 10%) have 2010 to Pepper and Prepare for Election in
Late 2011
Politics Survey

At Year End, Majority (55%) Disagrees That Canada's Minority Government is Working Well

Only Three in Ten (28%) Believe Politicians in Ottawa Got a Lot Done This Year, But Majority `Disagrees' (62%) that a New Set of Political Leaders to Parliament would Make Things Better
Politics Survey

British Columbians Not Impressed with What's in Their Provincial Cabinet

24 of 25 Cabinet Members Have More Negative than Positive Ratings
Solicitor General Kash Heed the Only Exception (17% Positive, 15%Negative)
Public
Politics Survey

Country Split as 51% Don't Believe Canadian Officials or Military Knowingly Transferred Prisoners to Afghanistan Forces Who May Have Inflicted Torture

Only 4 in 10 (38%) Don't Care About Issue;
Jump in Support for Men and Women Serving in Canada's Armed Forces (92%, Up 10 points since July, 2009, and 13 points since 2007)
Politics Survey

Liberals Drop to New Low (24%) under Ignatieff as
NDP (19%) in the Hunt for Grit Votes

Rally in Ontario (21%, +8) Fuels NDP to within 5 Points
of Liberals Nationally
Politics Survey

British Columbians Support Provincial Government Action On Driving Cell Phone Ban

Overwhelming majority (94%) Support Provincial Government Legislation on Cell Phone
Usage while Driving, Although Some Feel the Government Could Have Gone Further