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What's your new year's resolution?
 (December 2008)
|  To lose weight(male) (611 votes, 21 %) |
| |  To quit smoking(male) (498 votes, 17 %) |
| |  To spend more time with family(male) (426 votes, 14 %) |
| |  To get fit(male) (475 votes, 16 %) |
| |  To eat better(male) (456 votes, 15 %) |
| |  No resolutions(male) (487 votes, 16 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2953
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What's your new year's resolution?
 (December 2008)
| | To lose weight(female) (1241 votes, 28 %) |
| | | To quit smoking(female) (951 votes, 21 %) |
| | | To spend more time with family(female) (488 votes, 11 %) |
| | | To get fit(female) (1200 votes, 27 %) |
| | | To eat better(female) (548 votes, 12 %) |
| | | No resolutions (female) (0 votes, 0 %) |
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Total number of votes: 4428
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What kind of pet do you own?
(December 2008)
| | cat(female) (4870 votes, 32 %) |
| | | dog(female) (4406 votes, 29 %) |
| | | bird(female) (1128 votes, 8 %) |
| | | fish(female) (1058 votes, 7 %) |
| | | other(female) (988 votes, 7 %) |
| | | none(female) (2540 votes, 17 %) |
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Total number of votes: 14990
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What kind of pet do you own?
(December 2008)
| | cat(male) (1819 votes, 21 %) |
| | | dog(male) (2028 votes, 24 %) |
| | | bird(male) (1042 votes, 12 %) |
| | | fish(male) (977 votes, 11 %) |
| | | other(male) (903 votes, 11 %) |
| | | none(male) (1735 votes, 20 %) |
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Total number of votes: 8504
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you say to your spouse or partner "I love you"?
(November 2008)
| | More than once a day(male) (1007 votes, 31 %) |
| | | Once a day(male) (634 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Once a week(male) (557 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Once a month(male) (510 votes, 16 %) |
| | | Hardly never(male) (0 votes, 0 %) |
| | | Can't remember(male) (536 votes, 17 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3244
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you say to your spouse or partner "I love you"?
(November 2008)
| | More than once a day(female) (1992 votes, 40 %) |
| | | Once a day(female) (1078 votes, 22 %) |
| | | Once a week(female) (697 votes, 14 %) |
| | | Once a month(female) (580 votes, 12 %) |
| | | Hardly never(female) (0 votes, 0 %) |
| | | Can't remember(female) (661 votes, 13 %) |
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Total number of votes: 5008
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you had a blood glucose (sugar) test? (October 2008)
| | This year (393 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Last year (276 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Two years ago (282 votes, 18 %) |
| | | Five years ago (294 votes, 19 %) |
| | | Never (340 votes, 21 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1585
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you perform a breast self-exam? (September 2008)
| | Every month, as prescribed by the experts (575 votes, 22 %) |
| | | Whenever I think of it (612 votes, 23 %) |
| | | Every few months, if I remember (443 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Once a year (510 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Never (466 votes, 18 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2606
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If you had a sudden windfall, you would put it toward:
(September 2008)
| | Charity(female) (1089 votes, 12 %) |
| | | A new house(female) (1361 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Savings(female) (1217 votes, 13 %) |
| | | A dream vacation(female) (940 votes, 10 %) |
| | | Pay off my debt(female) (3713 votes, 40 %) |
| | | Something else(female) (1024 votes, 11 %) |
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Total number of votes: 9344
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If you had a sudden windfall, you would put it toward:
(September 2008)
| | Charity(male) (845 votes, 15 %) |
| | | A new house(male) (777 votes, 14 %) |
| | | Savings(male) (924 votes, 17 %) |
| | | A dream vacation(male) (700 votes, 13 %) |
| | | Pay off my debt(male) (1464 votes, 27 %) |
| | | Something else(male) (759 votes, 14 %) |
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Total number of votes: 5469
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you test your smoke detector? Here's How to Test Your Alarm (September 2008)
| | Once a year (1091 votes, 24 %) |
| | | Twice a year, when I change batteries (1151 votes, 26 %) |
| | | Every month (1124 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Never (1117 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Don't know, somebody else does it (0 votes, 0 %) |
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Total number of votes: 4483
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you have to call your kids before they get up in the morning? (August 2008)
| | Once (480 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Twice (465 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Three times (379 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Too many times to count (491 votes, 22 %) |
| | | They get up by themselves (423 votes, 19 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2238
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you called your mother?
(August 2008)
| | Today(male) (1321 votes, 25 %) |
| | | This week(male) (1221 votes, 23 %) |
| | | This month(male) (1076 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Three months ago(male) (941 votes, 18 %) |
| | | I can't remember(male) (778 votes, 15 %) |
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Total number of votes: 5337
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you called your mother?
(August 2008)
| | Today(female) (3082 votes, 33 %) |
| | | This week(female) (2888 votes, 31 %) |
| | | This month(female) (1347 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Three months ago(female) (888 votes, 10 %) |
| | | I can't remember(female) (1061 votes, 11 %) |
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Total number of votes: 9266
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think the federal government should intervene in the case of Omar Khadr?
(August 2008)
| | Yes (751 votes, 49 %) |
| | | No (790 votes, 51 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1541
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you willing to shell out more money for organic products?
(May 2008)
| | Yes (221 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (169 votes, 43 %) |
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Total number of votes: 390
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you spend too much time online?
(April 2008)
| | Yes (79 votes, 56 %) |
| | | No (62 votes, 44 %) |
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Total number of votes: 141
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you up to date with your spring cleaning? (April 2008)
| | Yes (32 votes, 52 %) |
| | | No (30 votes, 48 %) |
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Total number of votes: 62
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should we boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing given the situation in Tibet? (March 2008)
| | Yes (63 votes, 53 %) |
| | | No (57 votes, 48 %) |
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Total number of votes: 120
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you been able to stick with your New Year's resolutions? (February 2008)
| | Yes (178 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (153 votes, 46 %) |
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Total number of votes: 331
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the recent global stock market volatility got you worried about your retirement savings? (February 2008)
| | Yes (227 votes, 56 %) |
| | | No (175 votes, 44 %) |
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Total number of votes: 402
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you use the Internet to look up symptoms and diagnose your illnesses? (January 2008)
| | Yes (206 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (93 votes, 31 %) |
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Total number of votes: 299
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you a last-minute Christmas shopper?
(December 2007)
| | Yes (358 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (390 votes, 52 %) |
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Total number of votes: 748
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the strong Canadian dollar influenced you to do your holiday shopping at U.S. retailers?
(November 2007)
| | Yes (374 votes, 21 %) |
| | | No (1405 votes, 79 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1779
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The U.S. government now wants passenger information for anyone flying over the country, regardless of your final destination. Do you think they're going too far?
(October 2007)
| | Yes (1165 votes, 76 %) |
| | | No (361 votes, 24 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1526
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should veiled women be allowed to vote without having to show their faces?
(September 2007)
| | Yes (563 votes, 75 %) |
| | | No (187 votes, 25 %) |
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Total number of votes: 750
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you belong to a social-network site such as Facebook or MySpace?
(August 2007)
| | Yes (713 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (762 votes, 52 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1475
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The definition of living within one's means has changed for Canadians and consumer debt has increased significantly over the last decade. What about you? Do you buy only what you have the cash to pay for?
(July 2007)
| | Yes (1884 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (1181 votes, 39 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3065
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Given the strength of the Canadian dollar, do you plan to travel to the U.S. this summer?
(June 2007)
| | Yes (622 votes, 39 %) |
| | | No (976 votes, 61 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1598
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The town of Leaf Rapids, Man., recently banned plastic shopping bags in an effort to "go green." Should other cities do the same?
(May 2007)
| | Yes (2987 votes, 79 %) |
| | | No (781 votes, 21 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3768
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you concerned about greenhouse gases and global warming?
(March 2007)
| | Yes (6567 votes, 78 %) |
| | | No (1886 votes, 22 %) |
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Total number of votes: 8453
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you usually make New Year's resolutions?
(January 2007)
| | Yes (1018 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (3409 votes, 77 %) |
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Total number of votes: 4427
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you agree with PM Stephen Harper that "the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada"?
(December 2006)
| | Yes (727 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (2452 votes, 77 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3179
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever been discriminated against at work?
(November 2006)
| | Yes (1665 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (1398 votes, 46 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3063
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever cheated on an exam or school assignment?
(October 2006)
| | Yes (765 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (1042 votes, 58 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1807
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should people, for religious or other reasons, be allowed to refuse medical treatment without government intervention?
(September 2006)
| | Yes (776 votes, 68 %) |
| | | No (359 votes, 32 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1135
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you plan to take at least a full week's vacation this year?
(August 2006)
| | Yes (1657 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (751 votes, 31 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2408
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you had enough of reality TV?
(July 2006)
| | Yes (3343 votes, 74 %) |
| | | No (1170 votes, 26 %) |
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Total number of votes: 4513
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada withdraw from Afghanistan?
(April 2006)
| | Yes (4048 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (3017 votes, 43 %) |
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Total number of votes: 7065
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada do more to support its athletes so that they don't compete for other countries? (March 2006)
| | Yes (1884 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (811 votes, 30 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2695
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will your vote in January be an expression of anger at the Liberals over the sponsorship scandal? (December 2005)
| | Yes (1756 votes, 45 %) |
| | | No (2168 votes, 55 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3924
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should opposition parties force the federal Liberals to call a Christmas election through a motion of nonconfidence? (December 2005)
| | Yes (285 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (361 votes, 56 %) |
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Total number of votes: 646
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Peter Newman "betrayed" Brian Mulroney by writing his book, "The Secret Mulroney Tapes"? (October 2005)
| | Yes (1615 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (2086 votes, 56 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3701
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the crash of Air France Flight 358 made you rethink travel plans that require air travel? (September 2005)
| | Yes (577 votes, 35 %) |
| | | No (1052 votes, 65 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1629
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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To prevent credit-card fraud, would you be willing to have your photo on the cards? (August 2005)
| | Yes (1857 votes, 81 %) |
| | | No (440 votes, 19 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2297
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you happy with the Supreme Court decision which could eventually lead to the privitization of health care? (July 2005)
| | Yes (568 votes, 45 %) |
| | | No (693 votes, 55 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1261
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Parliament should pass legislation making same sex marriage legal? (June 2005)
| | Yes (742 votes, 30 %) |
| | | No (1773 votes, 70 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2515
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the new pope re-open debate on issues such as the ordination of women, priests being allowed to marry, premarital sex, birth control, etc. (May 2005)
| | Yes (1101 votes, 99 %) |
| | | No (6 votes, 1 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1107
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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As the trial proceeds, do you feel any sympathy towards Michael Jackson? (April 2005)
| | Yes (1288 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (1053 votes, 45 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2341
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has dress-down office attire affected the way people behave in your office? (March 2005)
| | Yes (498 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (683 votes, 58 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1181
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has dress-down office attire affected the way people behave in your office? (March 2005)
| | Yes (498 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (683 votes, 58 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1181
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should private schools with a religious affiliation be receiving government subsidies, whether they're Jewish, Muslim, Christian or otherwise? (March 2005)
| | Yes (897 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (1216 votes, 58 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2113
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you approve of gay adoption? (January 2005)
| | Yes (1182 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (1925 votes, 62 %) |
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Total number of votes: 3107
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should abstinence be a part of any child's sex education? (December 2004)
| | Yes (1675 votes, 73 %) |
| | | No (613 votes, 27 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2288
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Recently it came to light that the federal government has a $9 billion surplus for a rainy day. Shouldn't we be getting some of that money back? (November 2004)
| | Yes (1059 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (464 votes, 30 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1523
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you care as much about today's NHL players with their multimillion-dollar salaries as you do for players who are in it for the love of the game? (October 2004)
| | Yes (262 votes, 18 %) |
| | | No (1155 votes, 82 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1417
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should former MP Svend Robinson have gone to jail for his crime? (September 2004)
| | Yes (1138 votes, 68 %) |
| | | No (531 votes, 32 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1669
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever been psychologically harrassed at work? (July 2003)
| | Yes (1234 votes, 60 %) |
| | | No (813 votes, 40 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2047
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the time come for the gun registry to be scrapped? (June 2003)
| | Yes (1610 votes, 73 %) |
| | | No (594 votes, 27 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2204
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you have cosmetic surgery if there was no worry about the cost? (May 2004)
| | Yes (1008 votes, 50 %) |
| | | No (993 votes, 50 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2001
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you like to see Stephen Harper, now head of the Conservative Party of Canada, become Canada's next Prime Minister? (April 2004)
| | Yes (807 votes, 58 %) |
| | | No (593 votes, 42 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1400
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you feel that teachers really listen to your concerns when your child is having a problem at school? (March 2004)
| | Yes (547 votes, 46 %) |
| | | No (639 votes, 54 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1186
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever lied to get a day off? (February 2004)
| | Yes (890 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (672 votes, 43 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1562
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the time come to stop buying real Christmas trees for the holidays? (January 2004)
| | Yes (711 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (807 votes, 53 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1518
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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As a working Canadian, do you feel overworked and underpaid? (December 2003)
| | Yes (895 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (468 votes, 34 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1363
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Canadian medical authorities are prepared to deal with another SARS outbreak? (November 2003)
| | Yes (321 votes, 40 %) |
| | | No (482 votes, 60 %) |
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Total number of votes: 803
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you expect to see a resolution to the problems in the Middle East in your lifetime? (October 2003)
| | Yes (390 votes, 24 %) |
| | | No (1205 votes, 76 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1595
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think government sanctioned shooting galleries are a good way to start addicts on the road to recovery? (September 2003)
| | Yes (456 votes, 34 %) |
| | | No (868 votes, 66 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1324
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you support a mandatory ID card for every Canadian? (August 2003)
| | Yes (925 votes, 64 %) |
| | | No (525 votes, 36 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1450
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is Paul Martin still your favourite for the Prime Minister's office? (July 2003)
| | Yes (426 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (478 votes, 53 %) |
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Total number of votes: 904
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think it's generally still safe for a ten-year-old to play on Canada's suburban streets? (June 2003)
| | Yes (851 votes, 39 %) |
| | | No (1307 votes, 61 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2158
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should people with communicable viruses such as the flu or the common cold stay away from work? (May 2003)
| | Yes (963 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (202 votes, 17 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1165
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will Prime Minister Chrétien's refusal to join the war effort damage our trading relationship with the United States? (April 2003)
| | Yes (1358 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (614 votes, 31 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1972
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will removing Saddham Hussein make the world a safer place? (March 2003)
| | Yes (1116 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (919 votes, 45 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2035
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Majors William Umbach and Harry Schmidt, the U.S. fighter pilots involved in last year's friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, be sent to jail for the deaths of the four Canadian soldiers hit on the ground? (February 2003)
| | Yes (1081 votes, 50 %) |
| | | No (1065 votes, 50 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2146
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think all religions have the same merit? (January 2003)
| | Yes (793 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (1291 votes, 62 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2084
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If Canada's military called for volunteers in a crisis, would you be willing to serve? (December 2002)
| | Yes (718 votes, 51 %) |
| | | No (698 votes, 49 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1416
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think al-Qaeda will strike in Canada? (November 2002)
| | Yes (498 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (623 votes, 56 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1121
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada have to rely on the United States to protect its borders? (October 2002)
| | Yes (352 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (1186 votes, 77 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1538
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the United States launch a military offensive against Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein? (September 2002)
| | Yes (507 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (841 votes, 62 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1348
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are parents chiefly responsible for the epidemic in overweight children? (August 2002)
| | Yes (1107 votes, 90 %) |
| | | No (122 votes, 10 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1229
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Does the Pope have a message that's relevant to most teens today? (August 2002)
| | Yes (295 votes, 52 %) |
| | | No (274 votes, 48 %) |
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Total number of votes: 569
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you like to see former Finance Minister Paul Martin become our next Prime Minister? (July 2002)
| | Yes (1433 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (736 votes, 34 %) |
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Total number of votes: 2169
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are men less compassionate than women? (June 2002)
| | Yes (835 votes, 65 %) |
| | | No (454 votes, 35 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1289
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have the recent sexual abuse scandals involving priests irreparably harmed the reputation of the Catholic Church? (May 2002)
| | Yes (1083 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (219 votes, 17 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1302
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should doctors be allowed to refuse patients who smoke? (April 2002)
| | Yes (609 votes, 34 %) |
| | | No (1159 votes, 66 %) |
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Total number of votes: 1768
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is your child too brand conscious? (April 2002)
| | Yes (213 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (241 votes, 53 %) |
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Total number of votes: 454
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would allowing private health-care providers into the system threaten Medicare? (March 2002)
| | Yes (478 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (300 votes, 39 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 778
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How much would you pay to save the life of your pet? (March 2002)
| | Under $500 (338 votes, 45 %) |
| | | Up to $1000 (156 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Up to $2000 (63 votes, 8 %) |
| | | Over $2000 (201 votes, 27 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 758
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you be willing to get on an airplane these days? (February 2002)
| | Yes (1515 votes, 85 %) |
| | | No (259 votes, 15 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1774
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are our kids getting enough phys-ed in school? (February 2002)
| | Yes (179 votes, 20 %) |
| | | No (703 votes, 80 %) |
|
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Total number of votes: 882
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Does Christmas actually have a spiritual dimension in your family? (January 2002)
| | Yes (925 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (404 votes, 30 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1329
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you feel comfortable telling your mate what pleases you sexually? (December 2001)
| | Yes (522 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (224 votes, 30 %) |
|
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Total number of votes: 746
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are Canadians as proud of their country as Americans? (October 2001)
| | Yes (875 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (443 votes, 34 %) |
|
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Total number of votes: 1318
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Given the recent events in Washington and New York, do you think Canadians are at risk from terrorist attack? (September 2001)
| | Yes (892 votes, 64 %) |
| | | No (500 votes, 36 %) |
|
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Total number of votes: 1392
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has this summer's cross-Canada drought convinced you that global warming is real? (September 2001)
| | Yes (413 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (349 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 762
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you leave your spouse if told he or she had had an affair? (August 2001)
| | Yes (1897 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (2093 votes, 52 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3990
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Recently, a number of politicians have suggested the time has come for Canada to sever its ties to the British monarchy. Has that day arrived? (July 2001)
| | Yes (1023 votes, 37 %) |
| | | No (1720 votes, 63 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 2743
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should lawn-care pesticides be outlawed in Canada? (June 2001)
| | Yes (656 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (332 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 988
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do international trade agreements like the one negotiated in Quebec City hurt the world's poorest countries? (May 2001)
| | Yes (529 votes, 71 %) |
| | | No (218 votes, 29 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 747
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is Canada right in not extraditing to the United States criminals wanted for murder if there is a risk they may receive the death penalty? (April 2001)
| | Yes (307 votes, 20 %) |
| | | No (1267 votes, 80 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1574
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the practice of circumcising male babies be banned? (March 2001)
| | Yes (534 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (881 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1415
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Recently it came to light that a 15-year-old Quebec girl had the $5,000 cost of her breast-implant surgery covered by that province's health board. Do you think Medicare should pay for breast implants? (February 2001)
| | Yes (245 votes, 10 %) |
| | | No (2151 votes, 90 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2396
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will George Bush's presidency be good for Canada? (January 2001)
| | Yes (665 votes, 51 %) |
| | | No (627 votes, 49 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1292
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Who do you want to win the election? (December 2000)
| | Jean Chrétien (171 votes, 27 %) |
| | | Joe Clark (93 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Stockwell Day (262 votes, 41 %) |
| | | Gilles Duceppe (13 votes, 2 %) |
| | | Alexa McDonough (36 votes, 6 %) |
| | | None of the above (66 votes, 10 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 641
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is it better for parents to stay together for the sake of the kids?
(December 2000)
| | Yes (541 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (868 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1409
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Does the country really need an election right now?
(November 2000)
| | Yes (371 votes, 29 %) |
| | | No (905 votes, 71 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1276
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If a fall election is called, would you like to see Stockwell Day become Prime Minister?
(October 2000)
| | Yes (689 votes, 49 %) |
| | | No (717 votes, 51 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1406
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should pie-throwing activists like Evan Brown, who was recently photographed as he landed one on Prime Minister Jean Chretien, be jailed?
(September 2000)
| | Yes (931 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (753 votes, 45 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1684
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should religion be taught in schools?
(August 2000)
| | Yes (670 votes, 60 %) |
| | | No (438 votes, 40 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1108
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the federal and provincial governments be helping out car owners by reducing the taxes collected on gasoline?
(July 2000)
| | Yes (806 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (164 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 970
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you believe raising the taxes on cigarettes will discourage teen smoking?
(June 2000)
| | Yes (456 votes, 30 %) |
| | | No (1062 votes, 70 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1518
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would the religious background of a politician like Stockwell Day, candidate for leadership of the Canadian Alliance party, keep you from voting for him or her?
(May 2000)
| | Yes (186 votes, 26 %) |
| | | No (533 votes, 74 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 719
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should provincial governments be going after tobacco companies to recover more of the Medicare costs related to smoking? (April 2000)
| | Yes (910 votes, 75 %) |
| | | No (305 votes, 25 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1215
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do teens today suffer from a lack of moral direction in their lives? (March 2000)
| | Yes (1112 votes, 89 %) |
| | | No (134 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1246
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Ottawa be spending more to support our armed forces? (February 2000)
| | Yes (309 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (157 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 466
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should CTV have fired news anchorwoman Avery Haines for her on-air gaffe about minorities? (February 2000)
| | Yes (162 votes, 32 %) |
| | | No (351 votes, 68 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 513
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should parents be legally permitted to spank their children? (January 2000)
| | Yes (1249 votes, 88 %) |
| | | No (169 votes, 12 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1418
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you afraid to walk the streets at night in your community? (December 1999)
| | Yes (284 votes, 29 %) |
| | | No (681 votes, 71 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 965
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should profitable companies be receiving subsidies or grants from the federal government? (November 1999)
| | Yes (68 votes, 7 %) |
| | | No (861 votes, 93 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 929
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you afraid that television values are replacing family values? (October 1999)
| | Yes (1006 votes, 89 %) |
| | | No (122 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1128
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the government be launching a national day care program paid for by taxpayers? (September 1999)
| | Yes (115 votes, 22 %) |
| | | No (413 votes, 78 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 528
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should car owners be restricted from using cell phones while driving? (August 1999)
| | Yes (833 votes, 82 %) |
| | | No (187 votes, 18 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1020
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is banning specific breeds like pit bulls and rottweilers a reasonable solution to the problem of dog attacks? (July 1999)
| | Yes (310 votes, 43 %) |
| | | No (412 votes, 57 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 722
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Was a NATO bombing campaign the best response to the situation in Yugoslavia? (May 1999)
| | Yes (222 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (306 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 528
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should parents be held accountable in some way for the crimes of their children? (April 1999)
| | Yes (757 votes, 80 %) |
| | | No (195 votes, 20 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 952
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think the quality of customer service in Canada is on the decline? (March 1999)
| | Yes (214 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (44 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 258
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would a united party of Reform and Progressive Conservatives tempt you to vote for the right in the next election? (February 1999)
| | Yes (85 votes, 43 %) |
| | | No (114 votes, 57 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 199
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If offered a good-paying job with benefits, including medical coverage, would you move to the United States? (January 1999)
| | Yes (280 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (180 votes, 39 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 460
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think the police over-reacted by using pepper spray on the protesters at last year's APEC conference? (December 1998)
| | Yes (160 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (135 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 295
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think marijuana use should be legalized in Canada? (November 1998)
| | Yes (225 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (306 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 531
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should we ban saying the Lord's Prayer in schools? (June 1998)
| | Yes (77 votes, 26 %) |
| | | No (219 votes, 74 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 296
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What's your new year's resolution?
(December 2008)
| | To lose weight(male) (611 votes, 21 %) |
| | | To quit smoking(male) (498 votes, 17 %) |
| | | To spend more time with family(male) (426 votes, 14 %) |
| | | To get fit(male) (475 votes, 16 %) |
| | | To eat better(male) (456 votes, 15 %) |
| | | No resolutions(male) (487 votes, 16 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2953
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What's your new year's resolution?
(December 2008)
| | To lose weight(female) (1241 votes, 28 %) |
| | | To quit smoking(female) (951 votes, 21 %) |
| | | To spend more time with family(female) (488 votes, 11 %) |
| | | To get fit(female) (1200 votes, 27 %) |
| | | To eat better(female) (548 votes, 12 %) |
| | | No resolutions (female) (0 votes, 0 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 4428
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What kind of pet do you own?
(December 2008)
| | cat(female) (4870 votes, 32 %) |
| | | dog(female) (4406 votes, 29 %) |
| | | bird(female) (1128 votes, 8 %) |
| | | fish(female) (1058 votes, 7 %) |
| | | other(female) (988 votes, 7 %) |
| | | none(female) (2540 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 14990
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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What kind of pet do you own?
(December 2008)
| | cat(male) (1819 votes, 21 %) |
| | | dog(male) (2028 votes, 24 %) |
| | | bird(male) (1042 votes, 12 %) |
| | | fish(male) (977 votes, 11 %) |
| | | other(male) (903 votes, 11 %) |
| | | none(male) (1735 votes, 20 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 8504
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you say to your spouse or partner "I love you"?
(November 2008)
| | More than once a day(male) (1007 votes, 31 %) |
| | | Once a day(male) (634 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Once a week(male) (557 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Once a month(male) (510 votes, 16 %) |
| | | Hardly never(male) (0 votes, 0 %) |
| | | Can't remember(male) (536 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3244
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you say to your spouse or partner "I love you"?
(November 2008)
| | More than once a day(female) (1992 votes, 40 %) |
| | | Once a day(female) (1078 votes, 22 %) |
| | | Once a week(female) (697 votes, 14 %) |
| | | Once a month(female) (580 votes, 12 %) |
| | | Hardly never(female) (0 votes, 0 %) |
| | | Can't remember(female) (661 votes, 13 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 5008
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you had a blood glucose (sugar) test? (October 2008)
| | This year (393 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Last year (276 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Two years ago (282 votes, 18 %) |
| | | Five years ago (294 votes, 19 %) |
| | | Never (340 votes, 21 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1585
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you perform a breast self-exam? (September 2008)
| | Every month, as prescribed by the experts (575 votes, 22 %) |
| | | Whenever I think of it (612 votes, 23 %) |
| | | Every few months, if I remember (443 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Once a year (510 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Never (466 votes, 18 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2606
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If you had a sudden windfall, you would put it toward:
(September 2008)
| | Charity(female) (1089 votes, 12 %) |
| | | A new house(female) (1361 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Savings(female) (1217 votes, 13 %) |
| | | A dream vacation(female) (940 votes, 10 %) |
| | | Pay off my debt(female) (3713 votes, 40 %) |
| | | Something else(female) (1024 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 9344
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If you had a sudden windfall, you would put it toward:
(September 2008)
| | Charity(male) (845 votes, 15 %) |
| | | A new house(male) (777 votes, 14 %) |
| | | Savings(male) (924 votes, 17 %) |
| | | A dream vacation(male) (700 votes, 13 %) |
| | | Pay off my debt(male) (1464 votes, 27 %) |
| | | Something else(male) (759 votes, 14 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 5469
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you test your smoke detector? Here's How to Test Your Alarm (September 2008)
| | Once a year (1091 votes, 24 %) |
| | | Twice a year, when I change batteries (1151 votes, 26 %) |
| | | Every month (1124 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Never (1117 votes, 25 %) |
| | | Don't know, somebody else does it (0 votes, 0 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 4483
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How often do you have to call your kids before they get up in the morning? (August 2008)
| | Once (480 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Twice (465 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Three times (379 votes, 17 %) |
| | | Too many times to count (491 votes, 22 %) |
| | | They get up by themselves (423 votes, 19 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2238
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you called your mother?
(August 2008)
| | Today(male) (1321 votes, 25 %) |
| | | This week(male) (1221 votes, 23 %) |
| | | This month(male) (1076 votes, 20 %) |
| | | Three months ago(male) (941 votes, 18 %) |
| | | I can't remember(male) (778 votes, 15 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 5337
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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When was the last time you called your mother?
(August 2008)
| | Today(female) (3082 votes, 33 %) |
| | | This week(female) (2888 votes, 31 %) |
| | | This month(female) (1347 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Three months ago(female) (888 votes, 10 %) |
| | | I can't remember(female) (1061 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 9266
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think the federal government should intervene in the case of Omar Khadr?
(August 2008)
| | Yes (751 votes, 49 %) |
| | | No (790 votes, 51 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1541
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you willing to shell out more money for organic products?
(May 2008)
| | Yes (221 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (169 votes, 43 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 390
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you spend too much time online?
(April 2008)
| | Yes (79 votes, 56 %) |
| | | No (62 votes, 44 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 141
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you up to date with your spring cleaning? (April 2008)
| | Yes (32 votes, 52 %) |
| | | No (30 votes, 48 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 62
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should we boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing given the situation in Tibet? (March 2008)
| | Yes (63 votes, 53 %) |
| | | No (57 votes, 48 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 120
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you been able to stick with your New Year's resolutions? (February 2008)
| | Yes (178 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (153 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 331
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the recent global stock market volatility got you worried about your retirement savings? (February 2008)
| | Yes (227 votes, 56 %) |
| | | No (175 votes, 44 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 402
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you use the Internet to look up symptoms and diagnose your illnesses? (January 2008)
| | Yes (206 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (93 votes, 31 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 299
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you a last-minute Christmas shopper?
(December 2007)
| | Yes (358 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (390 votes, 52 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 748
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the strong Canadian dollar influenced you to do your holiday shopping at U.S. retailers?
(November 2007)
| | Yes (374 votes, 21 %) |
| | | No (1405 votes, 79 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1779
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The U.S. government now wants passenger information for anyone flying over the country, regardless of your final destination. Do you think they're going too far?
(October 2007)
| | Yes (1165 votes, 76 %) |
| | | No (361 votes, 24 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 1526
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should veiled women be allowed to vote without having to show their faces?
(September 2007)
| | Yes (563 votes, 75 %) |
| | | No (187 votes, 25 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 750
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you belong to a social-network site such as Facebook or MySpace?
(August 2007)
| | Yes (713 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (762 votes, 52 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1475
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The definition of living within one's means has changed for Canadians and consumer debt has increased significantly over the last decade. What about you? Do you buy only what you have the cash to pay for?
(July 2007)
| | Yes (1884 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (1181 votes, 39 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 3065
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Given the strength of the Canadian dollar, do you plan to travel to the U.S. this summer?
(June 2007)
| | Yes (622 votes, 39 %) |
| | | No (976 votes, 61 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1598
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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The town of Leaf Rapids, Man., recently banned plastic shopping bags in an effort to "go green." Should other cities do the same?
(May 2007)
| | Yes (2987 votes, 79 %) |
| | | No (781 votes, 21 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 3768
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you concerned about greenhouse gases and global warming?
(March 2007)
| | Yes (6567 votes, 78 %) |
| | | No (1886 votes, 22 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 8453
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you usually make New Year's resolutions?
(January 2007)
| | Yes (1018 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (3409 votes, 77 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 4427
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you agree with PM Stephen Harper that "the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada"?
(December 2006)
| | Yes (727 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (2452 votes, 77 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3179
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever been discriminated against at work?
(November 2006)
| | Yes (1665 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (1398 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3063
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever cheated on an exam or school assignment?
(October 2006)
| | Yes (765 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (1042 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1807
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should people, for religious or other reasons, be allowed to refuse medical treatment without government intervention?
(September 2006)
| | Yes (776 votes, 68 %) |
| | | No (359 votes, 32 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1135
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you plan to take at least a full week's vacation this year?
(August 2006)
| | Yes (1657 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (751 votes, 31 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2408
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you had enough of reality TV?
(July 2006)
| | Yes (3343 votes, 74 %) |
| | | No (1170 votes, 26 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 4513
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada withdraw from Afghanistan?
(April 2006)
| | Yes (4048 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (3017 votes, 43 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 7065
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada do more to support its athletes so that they don't compete for other countries? (March 2006)
| | Yes (1884 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (811 votes, 30 %) |
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|
Total number of votes: 2695
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will your vote in January be an expression of anger at the Liberals over the sponsorship scandal? (December 2005)
| | Yes (1756 votes, 45 %) |
| | | No (2168 votes, 55 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3924
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should opposition parties force the federal Liberals to call a Christmas election through a motion of nonconfidence? (December 2005)
| | Yes (285 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (361 votes, 56 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 646
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Peter Newman "betrayed" Brian Mulroney by writing his book, "The Secret Mulroney Tapes"? (October 2005)
| | Yes (1615 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (2086 votes, 56 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3701
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the crash of Air France Flight 358 made you rethink travel plans that require air travel? (September 2005)
| | Yes (577 votes, 35 %) |
| | | No (1052 votes, 65 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1629
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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To prevent credit-card fraud, would you be willing to have your photo on the cards? (August 2005)
| | Yes (1857 votes, 81 %) |
| | | No (440 votes, 19 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2297
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are you happy with the Supreme Court decision which could eventually lead to the privitization of health care? (July 2005)
| | Yes (568 votes, 45 %) |
| | | No (693 votes, 55 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1261
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Parliament should pass legislation making same sex marriage legal? (June 2005)
| | Yes (742 votes, 30 %) |
| | | No (1773 votes, 70 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2515
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the new pope re-open debate on issues such as the ordination of women, priests being allowed to marry, premarital sex, birth control, etc. (May 2005)
| | Yes (1101 votes, 99 %) |
| | | No (6 votes, 1 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1107
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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As the trial proceeds, do you feel any sympathy towards Michael Jackson? (April 2005)
| | Yes (1288 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (1053 votes, 45 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2341
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has dress-down office attire affected the way people behave in your office? (March 2005)
| | Yes (498 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (683 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1181
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has dress-down office attire affected the way people behave in your office? (March 2005)
| | Yes (498 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (683 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1181
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should private schools with a religious affiliation be receiving government subsidies, whether they're Jewish, Muslim, Christian or otherwise? (March 2005)
| | Yes (897 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (1216 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2113
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you approve of gay adoption? (January 2005)
| | Yes (1182 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (1925 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3107
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should abstinence be a part of any child's sex education? (December 2004)
| | Yes (1675 votes, 73 %) |
| | | No (613 votes, 27 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2288
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Recently it came to light that the federal government has a $9 billion surplus for a rainy day. Shouldn't we be getting some of that money back? (November 2004)
| | Yes (1059 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (464 votes, 30 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1523
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you care as much about today's NHL players with their multimillion-dollar salaries as you do for players who are in it for the love of the game? (October 2004)
| | Yes (262 votes, 18 %) |
| | | No (1155 votes, 82 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1417
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should former MP Svend Robinson have gone to jail for his crime? (September 2004)
| | Yes (1138 votes, 68 %) |
| | | No (531 votes, 32 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1669
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever been psychologically harrassed at work? (July 2003)
| | Yes (1234 votes, 60 %) |
| | | No (813 votes, 40 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2047
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the time come for the gun registry to be scrapped? (June 2003)
| | Yes (1610 votes, 73 %) |
| | | No (594 votes, 27 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2204
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you have cosmetic surgery if there was no worry about the cost? (May 2004)
| | Yes (1008 votes, 50 %) |
| | | No (993 votes, 50 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2001
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you like to see Stephen Harper, now head of the Conservative Party of Canada, become Canada's next Prime Minister? (April 2004)
| | Yes (807 votes, 58 %) |
| | | No (593 votes, 42 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1400
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you feel that teachers really listen to your concerns when your child is having a problem at school? (March 2004)
| | Yes (547 votes, 46 %) |
| | | No (639 votes, 54 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1186
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have you ever lied to get a day off? (February 2004)
| | Yes (890 votes, 57 %) |
| | | No (672 votes, 43 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1562
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has the time come to stop buying real Christmas trees for the holidays? (January 2004)
| | Yes (711 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (807 votes, 53 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1518
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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As a working Canadian, do you feel overworked and underpaid? (December 2003)
| | Yes (895 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (468 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1363
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think Canadian medical authorities are prepared to deal with another SARS outbreak? (November 2003)
| | Yes (321 votes, 40 %) |
| | | No (482 votes, 60 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 803
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you expect to see a resolution to the problems in the Middle East in your lifetime? (October 2003)
| | Yes (390 votes, 24 %) |
| | | No (1205 votes, 76 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1595
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think government sanctioned shooting galleries are a good way to start addicts on the road to recovery? (September 2003)
| | Yes (456 votes, 34 %) |
| | | No (868 votes, 66 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1324
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you support a mandatory ID card for every Canadian? (August 2003)
| | Yes (925 votes, 64 %) |
| | | No (525 votes, 36 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1450
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is Paul Martin still your favourite for the Prime Minister's office? (July 2003)
| | Yes (426 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (478 votes, 53 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 904
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think it's generally still safe for a ten-year-old to play on Canada's suburban streets? (June 2003)
| | Yes (851 votes, 39 %) |
| | | No (1307 votes, 61 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2158
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should people with communicable viruses such as the flu or the common cold stay away from work? (May 2003)
| | Yes (963 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (202 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1165
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will Prime Minister Chrétien's refusal to join the war effort damage our trading relationship with the United States? (April 2003)
| | Yes (1358 votes, 69 %) |
| | | No (614 votes, 31 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1972
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Will removing Saddham Hussein make the world a safer place? (March 2003)
| | Yes (1116 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (919 votes, 45 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2035
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Majors William Umbach and Harry Schmidt, the U.S. fighter pilots involved in last year's friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, be sent to jail for the deaths of the four Canadian soldiers hit on the ground? (February 2003)
| | Yes (1081 votes, 50 %) |
| | | No (1065 votes, 50 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2146
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think all religions have the same merit? (January 2003)
| | Yes (793 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (1291 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2084
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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If Canada's military called for volunteers in a crisis, would you be willing to serve? (December 2002)
| | Yes (718 votes, 51 %) |
| | | No (698 votes, 49 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1416
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think al-Qaeda will strike in Canada? (November 2002)
| | Yes (498 votes, 44 %) |
| | | No (623 votes, 56 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1121
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should Canada have to rely on the United States to protect its borders? (October 2002)
| | Yes (352 votes, 23 %) |
| | | No (1186 votes, 77 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1538
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should the United States launch a military offensive against Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein? (September 2002)
| | Yes (507 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (841 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1348
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are parents chiefly responsible for the epidemic in overweight children? (August 2002)
| | Yes (1107 votes, 90 %) |
| | | No (122 votes, 10 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1229
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Does the Pope have a message that's relevant to most teens today? (August 2002)
| | Yes (295 votes, 52 %) |
| | | No (274 votes, 48 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 569
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you like to see former Finance Minister Paul Martin become our next Prime Minister? (July 2002)
| | Yes (1433 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (736 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2169
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are men less compassionate than women? (June 2002)
| | Yes (835 votes, 65 %) |
| | | No (454 votes, 35 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1289
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Have the recent sexual abuse scandals involving priests irreparably harmed the reputation of the Catholic Church? (May 2002)
| | Yes (1083 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (219 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1302
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should doctors be allowed to refuse patients who smoke? (April 2002)
| | Yes (609 votes, 34 %) |
| | | No (1159 votes, 66 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1768
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is your child too brand conscious? (April 2002)
| | Yes (213 votes, 47 %) |
| | | No (241 votes, 53 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 454
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would allowing private health-care providers into the system threaten Medicare? (March 2002)
| | Yes (478 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (300 votes, 39 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 778
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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How much would you pay to save the life of your pet? (March 2002)
| | Under $500 (338 votes, 45 %) |
| | | Up to $1000 (156 votes, 21 %) |
| | | Up to $2000 (63 votes, 8 %) |
| | | Over $2000 (201 votes, 27 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 758
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you be willing to get on an airplane these days? (February 2002)
| | Yes (1515 votes, 85 %) |
| | | No (259 votes, 15 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1774
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are our kids getting enough phys-ed in school? (February 2002)
| | Yes (179 votes, 20 %) |
| | | No (703 votes, 80 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 882
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Does Christmas actually have a spiritual dimension in your family? (January 2002)
| | Yes (925 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (404 votes, 30 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1329
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you feel comfortable telling your mate what pleases you sexually? (December 2001)
| | Yes (522 votes, 70 %) |
| | | No (224 votes, 30 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 746
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Are Canadians as proud of their country as Americans? (October 2001)
| | Yes (875 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (443 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1318
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Given the recent events in Washington and New York, do you think Canadians are at risk from terrorist attack? (September 2001)
| | Yes (892 votes, 64 %) |
| | | No (500 votes, 36 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1392
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Has this summer's cross-Canada drought convinced you that global warming is real? (September 2001)
| | Yes (413 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (349 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 762
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Would you leave your spouse if told he or she had had an affair? (August 2001)
| | Yes (1897 votes, 48 %) |
| | | No (2093 votes, 52 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 3990
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Recently, a number of politicians have suggested the time has come for Canada to sever its ties to the British monarchy. Has that day arrived? (July 2001)
| | Yes (1023 votes, 37 %) |
| | | No (1720 votes, 63 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2743
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should lawn-care pesticides be outlawed in Canada? (June 2001)
| | Yes (656 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (332 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 988
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do international trade agreements like the one negotiated in Quebec City hurt the world's poorest countries? (May 2001)
| | Yes (529 votes, 71 %) |
| | | No (218 votes, 29 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 747
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Is Canada right in not extraditing to the United States criminals wanted for murder if there is a risk they may receive the death penalty? (April 2001)
| | Yes (307 votes, 20 %) |
| | | No (1267 votes, 80 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1574
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should the practice of circumcising male babies be banned? (March 2001)
| | Yes (534 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (881 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1415
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Recently it came to light that a 15-year-old Quebec girl had the $5,000 cost of her breast-implant surgery covered by that province's health board. Do you think Medicare should pay for breast implants? (February 2001)
| | Yes (245 votes, 10 %) |
| | | No (2151 votes, 90 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 2396
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Will George Bush's presidency be good for Canada? (January 2001)
| | Yes (665 votes, 51 %) |
| | | No (627 votes, 49 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1292
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Who do you want to win the election? (December 2000)
| | Jean Chrétien (171 votes, 27 %) |
| | | Joe Clark (93 votes, 15 %) |
| | | Stockwell Day (262 votes, 41 %) |
| | | Gilles Duceppe (13 votes, 2 %) |
| | | Alexa McDonough (36 votes, 6 %) |
| | | None of the above (66 votes, 10 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 641
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Is it better for parents to stay together for the sake of the kids?
(December 2000)
| | Yes (541 votes, 38 %) |
| | | No (868 votes, 62 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1409
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Does the country really need an election right now?
(November 2000)
| | Yes (371 votes, 29 %) |
| | | No (905 votes, 71 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1276
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
If a fall election is called, would you like to see Stockwell Day become Prime Minister?
(October 2000)
| | Yes (689 votes, 49 %) |
| | | No (717 votes, 51 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1406
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should pie-throwing activists like Evan Brown, who was recently photographed as he landed one on Prime Minister Jean Chretien, be jailed?
(September 2000)
| | Yes (931 votes, 55 %) |
| | | No (753 votes, 45 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1684
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should religion be taught in schools?
(August 2000)
| | Yes (670 votes, 60 %) |
| | | No (438 votes, 40 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1108
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should the federal and provincial governments be helping out car owners by reducing the taxes collected on gasoline?
(July 2000)
| | Yes (806 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (164 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 970
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Do you believe raising the taxes on cigarettes will discourage teen smoking?
(June 2000)
| | Yes (456 votes, 30 %) |
| | | No (1062 votes, 70 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1518
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Would the religious background of a politician like Stockwell Day, candidate for leadership of the Canadian Alliance party, keep you from voting for him or her?
(May 2000)
| | Yes (186 votes, 26 %) |
| | | No (533 votes, 74 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 719
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should provincial governments be going after tobacco companies to recover more of the Medicare costs related to smoking? (April 2000)
| | Yes (910 votes, 75 %) |
| | | No (305 votes, 25 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1215
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Do teens today suffer from a lack of moral direction in their lives? (March 2000)
| | Yes (1112 votes, 89 %) |
| | | No (134 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1246
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should Ottawa be spending more to support our armed forces? (February 2000)
| | Yes (309 votes, 66 %) |
| | | No (157 votes, 34 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 466
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should CTV have fired news anchorwoman Avery Haines for her on-air gaffe about minorities? (February 2000)
| | Yes (162 votes, 32 %) |
| | | No (351 votes, 68 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 513
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should parents be legally permitted to spank their children? (January 2000)
| | Yes (1249 votes, 88 %) |
| | | No (169 votes, 12 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1418
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Are you afraid to walk the streets at night in your community? (December 1999)
| | Yes (284 votes, 29 %) |
| | | No (681 votes, 71 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 965
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should profitable companies be receiving subsidies or grants from the federal government? (November 1999)
| | Yes (68 votes, 7 %) |
| | | No (861 votes, 93 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 929
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Are you afraid that television values are replacing family values? (October 1999)
| | Yes (1006 votes, 89 %) |
| | | No (122 votes, 11 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1128
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should the government be launching a national day care program paid for by taxpayers? (September 1999)
| | Yes (115 votes, 22 %) |
| | | No (413 votes, 78 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 528
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Should car owners be restricted from using cell phones while driving? (August 1999)
| | Yes (833 votes, 82 %) |
| | | No (187 votes, 18 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 1020
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Is banning specific breeds like pit bulls and rottweilers a reasonable solution to the problem of dog attacks? (July 1999)
| | Yes (310 votes, 43 %) |
| | | No (412 votes, 57 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 722
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Was a NATO bombing campaign the best response to the situation in Yugoslavia? (May 1999)
| | Yes (222 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (306 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 528
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should parents be held accountable in some way for the crimes of their children? (April 1999)
| | Yes (757 votes, 80 %) |
| | | No (195 votes, 20 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 952
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Do you think the quality of customer service in Canada is on the decline? (March 1999)
| | Yes (214 votes, 83 %) |
| | | No (44 votes, 17 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 258
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
Would a united party of Reform and Progressive Conservatives tempt you to vote for the right in the next election? (February 1999)
| | Yes (85 votes, 43 %) |
| | | No (114 votes, 57 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 199
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
|
If offered a good-paying job with benefits, including medical coverage, would you move to the United States? (January 1999)
| | Yes (280 votes, 61 %) |
| | | No (180 votes, 39 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 460
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think the police over-reacted by using pepper spray on the protesters at last year's APEC conference? (December 1998)
| | Yes (160 votes, 54 %) |
| | | No (135 votes, 46 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 295
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Do you think marijuana use should be legalized in Canada? (November 1998)
| | Yes (225 votes, 42 %) |
| | | No (306 votes, 58 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 531
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Should we ban saying the Lord's Prayer in schools? (June 1998)
| | Yes (77 votes, 26 %) |
| | | No (219 votes, 74 %) |
|
|
Total number of votes: 296
Note: totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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