Canadian Public Opinion Trends
Source	Canadian Opinion Research Archive
	http:///www.queensu.ca/cora/trends
Most Important Problem
In your opinion, what is the most important problem facing Canadians today?
1993				Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Response				%
Abortion				0	0.1	0	-
AIDS				0.1	0.1	0	-
Budget Repercussions				0.3	0.3	0	0.1
Cost of Living/Inflation				1.6	1	0.6	1
Cost of Housing				-	0	0	0.1
Crime/Law and Order				2.1	1.6	1.2	1.2
Deficit/Public Debt				7.1	8.8	7.1	12.4
Drug Abuse				0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
Economy/Money/Interest				25.2	22.9	16.5	15.7
Free Trade				0.2	0.5	0.5	0.6
French/English Problems				0.8	0.3	0.5	0.2
Goods & Services Tax				0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3
Govt. Spending/Waste				0.6	0.8	0.4	1.2
Government Scandals				0.1	-	-	0
Housing/Apartment Shortage				0	-	0	-
Immigration/Racial issues (not Fr./Eng.)				1	0.9	0.8	1.2
Meech Lake Accord/Constitution				0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2
Moral issues				0.4	1.2	1.4	1.3
National Unity				1.1	1.4	0.3	0.7
Other Health/Medical				0.6	0.7	0.7	1.1
Personal Finances				0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8
Pollution/Environment				3	3.2	2.9	1.9
Poverty/Hunger/Homeless				1	1.3	0.5	0.9
Poor Govt/Leadership				6.7	6.7	5.2	3.8
Recession				2.8	1.2	1.2	1.2
Social Issues				1.9	3.1	1.7	1.9
Taxes(not incl.GST)				2.5	4.9	3.5	4.3
Unemployment				35.1	35.1	49.3	44
World Conflict/War				0.2	0.2	0	0
Quebec Separating				0.2	0.1	0	0.1
Education Issues				-	-	-	0.8
Other				2.5	0.8	2.7	1.4
Don't Know				0.9	0.9	1	0.9
Total Sample Size				2042	2002	2001	2002
Question Number				q1	q1	q1	q1
Survey				EFC931	EFC932	EFC933	EFC934