Canadian Public Opinion Trends
Source	Canadian Opinion Research Archive
	http:///www.queensu.ca/cora/trends
Federal Government Spending: Child Poverty
Keeping in mind that increasing services could increase taxes, do you think the federal government is spending too much, just the right amount, or should be spending more on each of the following: reducing child poverty.
Year	Month	Too Much	Just Right	Should Spend More	DK/NA	Valid N	Variable	Survey	Firm
1998	October	2.7	20.6	69.7	7	2002	q40u	EFC983	Environics
1999	September	2.3	22.6	69.5	5.6	2061	q17u	EFC993	Environics
2000	September	4	17.6	78.4	-	1350	q5t	EFC003	Environics
2001	September	3.4	19.3	77.3	-	1283	q7u	EFC013	Environics
2003	Q3	3.7	18.4	76.3	1.6	1209	q10s	EFC033	Environics
2004	Q3	2.9	18.4	78	0.8	1157	q21s	EFC043	Environics
2006	Q3	2.6	13.4	82.5	1.5	1138	q31s	EFC063	Environics
Starting with EFC033, the wording of the question was changed to "Keeping in mind that increasing services could increase taxes, do you think the federal government should spend more, less or the same on each of the following?"