Politics

Approximately 7,200,000 Canadian Adults (30%, Unchanged From 29% In 2005) Admit To Personally Believing In Santa Claus; One In Ten Canadians (11%) Have Been "Naughty" This Year vs. 86% Who Have Been "Nice"

BC Liberals (45%, Down 2 Points) Lead NDP (36%, Down 1 Point) By 9 Points; Greens Make Gains (16%, Up 3 Points)
Approval Ratings Improve For Both Gordon Campbell (50%, Up 3 Points) And Carole James (59%, Up 5 Points)
Campbell (48%) Narrowly Leads James (43%) As Best Premier

Most (76%) Think Progressive Conservatives Made A Good Choice In Selecting Stelmach And Are Confident (78%) That Stelmach Will Be An Effective Premier
Few (17%) Want To See Stelmach Make Major Changes
New Leader Gives Progressive Conservatives Big Bounce In Voter Intentions - 68% Of Decided Voters Now Favour PCs

Liberals (36%, -2 Points) And Conservatives (34%, +2 Points) Competitively Positioned For Possible Spring Writ Drop

Transit, Infrastructure And Its Public Opinion Context

Dion Leadership Invigorates Liberal Voters And Only Three In Ten (29%) Are Vexed Over Dual Citizenship