Public also greatly receptive to biometric passports. Canadians are clearly in favour of some of the cost-cutting proposals that the federal government presented last week, but are not as keen on plans to allow foreign investment in the satellite and telecommunications industries or build a national Holocaust memorial, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. The online survey of a representative sample of 1,011 adult Canadians reviewed how respondents felt about 11 specific ideas outlined in the latest Speech from ... | Read More

A majority of respondents want the national anthem to remain as is. The plan to alter the English lyrics to Canada’s national anthem has been overwhelmingly dismissed by the population, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 859 Canadians whose first language is English, 75 per cent of respondents oppose the proposal to change the line in “O Canada” that reads "True patriot love in all thy sons command" to ... | Read More