Public Opinion

While Residents Think Crime Is Becoming A More Serious Problem, They're Not More Personally Worried About Being A Victim

Four In Ten (40%) Say The Government's Foreign Spending On HIV/AIDS Isn't Enough
Canadians See Various Key Causes For HIV/AIDS

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Half (48%) Still Oppose The War, Half (47%) Think U.S. "Made A Mistake"
Canadians Split On Forum For Saddam Hussein Fair Trial But Prefer International Option (58%)

In Post Saddam Capture, Most (55%) Feel Canada Should Not Change Its Level of Support For U.S. In Iraq
Canadians Split on Whether the United States is Heading in "Right Direction"
But, Most (60%) Believe Canada-U.S. Relations Will Improve Under Martin Government

A Reader's Digest Sponsored Study Conducted by Ipsos-Reid

Public Overwhelmingly (89%) Thinks Their Local Police Do A Good Job At Performing Duties In Professional And Respectful Manner

Two-in-Ten (22%) Say Incidents Of Police Brutality Are Common

One-in-Ten (13%) Are Personally Worried About Being A Victim Of Police Brutality

British Columbians Select Forest Fires (43%) as BC's Top News Story Of Yhe Year

SARS (29%) Top Choice for Canadian News Story of the Year

Public Selects Robert Pickton (37%) As BC's Newsmaker Of The Year; Premier Gordon Campbell Is A Close Second (28%)

Public Thinks Media Important To Society (95%) And Themselves Personally (83%)