Canadian Public Opinion Trends
Source	Canadian Opinion Research Archive
	http:///www.queensu.ca/cora/trends
Federal Government Spending: Welfare
Do you think that Canada is spending too much, just the right amount or should be spending more on each of the following: welfare.
Year	Month	Too Much	Just Right	Should Spend More	DK/NA	Valid N	Variable	Survey	Firm
1984	April	38.7	35.2	17.3	8.7	2003	q9n1	EFC843	Environics
1985	April	39	32.4	19.3	9.2	2044	q9n1	EFC853	Environics
1987	May	34.7	36.7	23.1	5.5	2019	q44a	EFC872	Environics
1988	May	31	39.7	22.7	6.5	2053	q67a	EFC883	Environics
1989	December	33.4	37.2	25.1	4.3	2006	q45a	EFC894	Environics
1990	October	31.2	41.1	22.1	5.6	2019	q16a	EFC904	Environics
1991	October	38.8	34.5	20.5	6.2	2003	q33a	EFC914	Environics
1992	November	42.4	35.1	18.9	3.6	2022	q59a	EFC924	Environics
1993	December	44.7	34.9	15.8	4.6	2002	q28a	EFC934	Environics
1994	December	42.8	34.3	18.5	4.4	1996	q16a	EFC944	Environics
1995	December	39.4	37.8	18.5	4.4	2005	q52a	EFC954	Environics
1996	Q4	34.2	38.4	21.6	5.7	2000	q9a	EFC964	Environics
1997	December	34.1	35.9	24.8	5.1	2022	q16a	EFC974	Environics
1998	October	30.2	39.5	25	5.3	2002	q40a	EFC983	Environics
1999	September	29.7	39.2	25.9	5.3	2061	q17a	EFC993	Environics
2000	September	34.4	41.6	24	-	1375	q5a	EFC003	Environics
2001	September	29	43.1	27.9	-	1277	q7a	EFC013	Environics
2003	Q3	29.4	40.9	28.2	1.6	1197	q10a	EFC033	Environics
Series Terminated 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?"