Polling


Politics Survey

Six in Ten (61%) Believe Detainees Handed Over to Afghans by Canadians Have Been Tortured

If Torture Occurred, Majority Believes Knowledge Widespread and Heads Should Roll
Politics Survey

At Least 2 Million Adult Canadians (8%) Personally Know Someone Sexually Assaulted by a Roman Catholic Priest

8% of Roman Catholics Aware of a Priest in their Parish or Neighbourhood Charged with Sexual Assault
Majority (58%) of Canadians, Catholics (54%) Believe Allegations Pope Benedict Perpetuated Climate of Silence True, Not Petty Gossip or Propaganda
Politics Survey

Eight in Ten (80%) Call Themselves a "Canadian Nationalist", Up 8 Points from One Year Ago

Olympics Inspire Sizeable Increase in Quebec as Majority (63%) of Quebecers Now Call Themselves "Canadian Nationalists", Up 16 Points
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

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

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

On Eve of Royal Visit of Prince of Wales and Duchess Camilla, Majority (57%) Believe Charles Should Take The Throne When Time Comes (up from 51% in 2005)

Country split on whether Canada's head of state should be the Governor General (53%) or the Queen (47%)