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?
1995				Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Response				%
Abortion				-	-	-	0.1
AIDS				0	0	0	0
Budget Repercussions				1.1	0.6	0.4	1.3
Cost of Living/Inflation				0.9	1	0.6	1
Cost of Housing				0	0	1	0
Crime/Law and Order				2.6	3.3	3.5	1.9
Deficit/Public Debt				16.6	10.7	8.5	8.9
Drug Abuse				0.6	0.4	0.5	0.3
Economy/Money/Interest				14.7	17.1	11.9	17.1
Free Trade				0.2	0	0	0
French/English Problems				0.4	0.3	0.7	0.9
Goods & Services Tax				0.1	0	0	0.2
Govt. Spending/Waste				0.6	0.8	0.5	0.8
Government Scandals				0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Immigration/Racial Issues (not Fr./Eng.)				1.6	0	0.9	1
Meech Lake Accord/Constitution				0.3	1.3	0.6	0
Moral Issues				1	1	1.2	1
National Unity				1.7	1.1	1.6	4.5
Other Health/Medical				2.4	2.5	4.1	2.9
Personal Finances				0.3	0.7	0.2	1.1
Pollution/Environment				1.6	2	1.7	1.5
Poverty/Hunger/Homeless				1	1.3	1.5	1.5
Poor Govt/Leadership				4.4	4.3	3.8	4.9
Recession				0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3
Social Issues				2.6	2.8	2.8	2.6
Taxes(not incl.GST)				4.7	3.7	3.4	3.2
Unemployment				32.8	36.7	36.3	35.8
World Conflict/War				0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
Quebec Separating				2.3	3.1	9.8	3.6
Education Issues				0.9	1	0.7	0.6
Other				2.5	1.9	1.7	1.4
Don't Know				0.8	1.6	1.3	0.8
Total Sample Size				2003	2037	2022	2005
Question Number				q1	q1	q1	q1
Survey				EFC951	EFC952	EFC953	EFC954